1 A nd as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.

2 A nd his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this or his parents, that he should be born blind?

3 J esus answered, Neither has this sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.

4 I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. night is coming, when no one can work.

5 A s long as I am in the world, I am light of the world.

6 H aving said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes.

7 A nd he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing.

8 T he neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging?

9 S ome said, It is he; others said, No, but he is like him: he said, It is I.

10 T hey said therefore to him, How have thine eyes been opened?

11 H e answered, A man called Jesus made mud and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw.

12 T hey said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know.

13 T hey bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees.

14 N ow it was sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

15 T he Pharisees therefore also again asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put mud upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

16 S ome of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.

17 T hey say therefore again to the blind, What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

18 T he Jews therefore did not believe concerning him that he was blind and had received sight, until they had called the parents of him that had received sight.

19 A nd they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see?

20 H is parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

21 b ut how he now sees we do not know, or who has opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age: ask him; he will speak concerning himself.

22 H is parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue.

23 O n this account his parents said, He is of age: ask him.

24 T hey called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful.

25 H e answered therefore, If he is sinful I know not. One thing I know, that, being blind, now I see.

26 A nd they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

27 H e answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples?

28 T hey railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

29 W e know that God spoke to Moses; but this, we know not whence he is.

30 T he man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that ye do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes.

31 w e know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.

32 S ince time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.

33 I f this were not of God he would be able to do nothing.

34 T hey answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.

35 J esus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said to him, Thou, dost thou believe on the Son of God?

36 H e answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?

37 A nd Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and he that speaks with thee is he.

38 A nd he said, I believe, Lord: and he did him homage.

39 A nd Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.

40 A nd of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?

41 J esus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains.