1 As he went along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth.
2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, so that he was born blind?"
3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents; it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
4 While it is day, I must do the works of the one who sent me; night is coming, when no one is able to work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
6 After saying this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the spittle, and smeared the mud on the blind man's eyes.
7 Then he told him, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (a name that means Sent). So the man went off, washed, and came back able to see.
8 His neighbors, and those who had earlier seen that he was blind, began asking, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"
9 Some said, "That is the man." Others said, "He looks like him." He kept saying, "I am the man."
10 So they asked him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"
11 He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went, and once I had washed, I could see."
12 They asked him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I have no idea."
13 They took the man who had once been blind to the Pharisees.
14 The day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
15 So the Pharisees too asked him once more how he had gained his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see."
16 Some of the Pharisees then said, "This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man perform signs like these?" And they were divided.
17 So they spoke again to the blind man: "What do you have to say about him, since it was your eyes he opened?" He said, "He is a prophet."
18 The Jews refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight until they called in the parents of the man who had gained his sight.
19 They asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? Then how is it that he can see now?"
20 His parents answered them, "We know this is our son and that he was born blind.
21 But how he now sees, we do not know, and who opened his eyes, we do not know. He is old enough; ask him. He can speak for himself."
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be expelled from the synagogue.
23 That is why his parents said, "He is old enough; ask him."
24 So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, "Give glory to God. We know this man is a sinner."
25 He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I know: I was blind, and now I see."
26 They asked him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
27 He replied, "I already told you, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become his disciples too, do you?"
28 They heaped insults on him and said, "You are that man's disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not know where he comes from."
30 The man answered them, "Well, here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
31 We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is devout toward God and does his will, God listens to him.
32 Never since the world began has anyone heard of someone opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
34 They answered him, "You were born steeped in sin, and you are trying to teach us?" And they threw him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him he asked, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
36 He answered, "And who is he, Lord, so that I may believe in him?"
37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him; in fact, he is the one talking with you."
38 He said, "I believe, Lord!" And he worshiped him.
39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, "Surely we are not blind too, are we?"
41 Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.