John:9:1-41
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And as he passed on ,
he saw a man who had been blind from his birth .
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And his disciples asked him ,
saying ,
Master ,
who sinned ,
this man ,
or his parents ,
that he was born blind ?
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Jesus answered ,
Neither hath this man sinned ,
nor his parents ,
but that the works of God might be made manifest thro '
him .
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I must work the works of him that sent me ,
while it is day ;
the night is coming ,
when no man can work .
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While I am in the world ,
I am the light of the world .
Having said this ,
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he spit on the ground ,
and made clay with the spittle ,
and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay ,
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And said to him ,
Go wash at the pool of Siloam , (
which is by interpretation ,
Sent .)
He went therefore ,
and washed ,
and came seeing .
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Then the neighbours and they who had seen him before ,
when he was blind ,
said ,
Is not this he who used to sit begging ?
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Some said ,
This is he :
others ,
He is like him :
but he said ,
I am he .
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They said to him ,
How were thine eyes opened ?
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He answered and said ,
A man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes ,
and said to me ,
Go to the pool of Siloam and wash .
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And I went ,
and washed ,
and received sight .
Then said they to him ,
Where is he ?
He said ,
I know not .
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They bring to the Pharisees the man who had aforetime been blind .
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It was the sabbath ,
when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes .)
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Again the Pharisees also asked him ,
How he had received his sight ?
He said to them ,
He put clay on my eyes ,
and I washed ,
and see .
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Therefore said some of the Pharisees ,
This man is not of God ,
because he keepeth not the sabbath .
Others said ,
How can a man that is a sinner ,
do such miracles ?
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And there was a division among them .
They say to the blind man again ,
What sayest thou of him ,
for that he hath opened thine eyes ?
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He said ,
He is a prophet .
But the Jews did not believe concerning him ,
that he had been blind and received his sight ,
till they had called the parents of him who had received his sight .
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And they asked them ,
saying ,
Is this your son ,
who ye say was born blind ?
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How then doth he now see ?
His parents answered them ,
and said ,
We know that this is our son ,
and that he was born blind .
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But how he now seeth ,
we know not ,
or who hath opened his eyes ,
we know not .
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He is of age :
ask him ;
he will speak concerning himself .
His parents said this ,
because they feared the Jews ;
for the Jews had already agreed ,
That if any man should own him to be Christ ,
he should be put out of the synagogue .
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Therefore said his parents ,
He is of age ;
ask him .
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Therefore they called a second time the man that had been blind ,
and said to him ,
Give glory to God ;
we know that this man is a sinner .
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He answered and said ,
That he is a sinner I know not :
one thing I know ,
that I was blind ,
and now see .
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They said to him again ,
What did he to thee ?
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How opened he thine eyes ?
He answered them ,
I have told you already ,
and ye did not hearken :
why would ye hear it again ?
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Are ye also willing to be his disciples ?
Then they reviled him and said ,
Thou art a disciple of that fellow ;
but we are disciples of Moses .
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We know that God spake to Moses ;
but we know not this fellow ,
whence he is .
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The man answered and said to them ,
Why herein is a marvellous thing ,
that ye know not whence he is ;
altho '
he hath opened my eyes !
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We know that God heareth not sinners ;
but if a man be a worshiper of God ,
and do his will ,
him he heareth .
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Since the world began it was not heard ,
that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind .
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If this man were not of God ,
he could do nothing .
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They answered and said to him ,
Thou-wast altogether born in sins ,
and dost thou teach us ?
And they cast him out .
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Jesus heard that they had cast him out ;
and having found him ,
he said to him ,
Dost thou believe on the Son of God ?
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He answered and said ,
Sir ,
who is he ,
that I may believe on him ?
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Jesus said to him ,
Thou hast both seen him ,
and he that talketh with thee is he .
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And he said ,
Lord ,
I believe .
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And he worshiped him .
Jesus said ,
For judgment am I come into the world ,
that they who see not ,
may see ,
and that they who see ,
may become blind .
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And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard this ,
and said to him ,
Are we blind also ?
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Jesus said to them ,
If ye had been blind ,
ye would have had no sin .
But now ye say ,
We see :
therefore your sin remaineth .
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