1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.2And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (Ex 20:5; Lu 13:2; Lu 13:4; Joh 1:38; Joh 9:34)3Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. (Joh 11:4)4We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. (Joh 4:34; Joh 11:9; Joh 12:35; Ro 13:12; Ga 6:10)5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (Joh 1:4; Joh 1:9; Joh 8:12)6Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud (Mt 9:29; Mr 7:33; Mr 8:23)7and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. (Lu 13:4; Joh 11:37)8The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” (Ac 3:2; Ac 3:10)9Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.”10So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”11He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” (Joh 9:6)12They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. (Joh 5:9)15So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” (Joh 9:10)16Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. (Mt 12:2; Joh 7:29; Joh 7:43; Joh 9:33; Joh 10:19)17So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” (Joh 4:19; Joh 6:14)18The Jews[1] did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight (Joh 9:13; Joh 9:22)19and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”20His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.21But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”22(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus[2] to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) (Joh 7:13; Joh 7:45; Joh 12:42; Joh 16:2; Ro 10:9)23Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” (Joh 9:21)24So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” (Jos 7:19; 1Sa 6:5; Isa 42:12; Jer 13:16; Joh 9:16; Ac 12:23)25He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (Joh 9:18; Joh 9:24)26They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”27He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” (Joh 9:15)28And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. (Joh 5:45)29We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” (Joh 8:14)30The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. (Joh 3:10; Joh 12:37)31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. (Job 27:9; Ps 34:15; Ps 66:18; Ps 145:19; Pr 15:20; Pr 28:9; Jas 5:16)32Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” (Joh 1:21; Joh 3:2; Joh 9:16)34They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out. (Joh 9:2; Joh 9:22)35Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”[3] (Joh 10:36)36He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” (Ro 10:14)37Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.” (Joh 4:26)38He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.39Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” (Mt 9:13; Mt 11:25; Mt 13:13; Mr 4:12; Lu 4:18; Joh 5:22; 2Co 2:16)40Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” (Ro 2:19)41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt;[4] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains. (Joh 15:22; Joh 15:24; Joh 19:11; 1Jo 1:8)
1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’3‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.4As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no-one can work.5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’6After saying this, he spat on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.7‘Go,’ he told him, ‘wash in the Pool of Siloam’ (this word means ‘Sent’). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.8His neighbours and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, ‘Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?’9Some claimed that he was. Others said, ‘No, he only looks like him.’ But he himself insisted, ‘I am the man.’10‘How then were your eyes opened?’ they asked.11He replied, ‘The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.’12‘Where is this man?’ they asked him. ‘I don’t know,’ he said.
The Pharisees investigate the healing
13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.14Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.15Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. ‘He put mud on my eyes,’ the man replied, ‘and I washed, and now I see.’16Some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.’ But others asked, ‘How can a sinner perform such signs?’ So they were divided.17Then they turned again to the blind man, ‘What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.’ The man replied, ‘He is a prophet.’18They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents.19‘Is this your son?’ they asked. ‘Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?’20‘We know he is our son,’ the parents answered, ‘and we know he was born blind.21But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.’22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.23That was why his parents said, ‘He is of age; ask him.’24A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. ‘Give glory to God by telling the truth,’ they said. ‘We know this man is a sinner.’25He replied, ‘Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!’26Then they asked him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’27He answered, ‘I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?’28Then they hurled insults at him and said, ‘You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!29We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.’30The man answered, ‘Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.31We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.32Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.’34To this they replied, ‘You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!’ And they threw him out.
Spiritual blindness
35Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’36‘Who is he, sir?’ the man asked. ‘Tell me so that I may believe in him.’37Jesus said, ‘You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.’38Then the man said, ‘Lord, I believe,’ and he worshipped him.39Jesus said,[1] ‘For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.’40Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, ‘What? Are we blind too?’41Jesus said, ‘If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.
1As Jesus went along, he saw a man who was blind. He had been blind since he was born.2Jesus’ disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned? Was this man born blind because he sinned? Or did his parents sin?’3‘It isn’t because this man sinned,’ said Jesus. ‘It isn’t because his parents sinned. He was born blind so that God’s power could be shown by what’s going to happen.4While it is still day, we must do the works of the one who sent me. Night is coming. Then no one can work.5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’6After he said this, he spat on the ground. He made some mud with the spit. Then he put the mud on the man’s eyes.7‘Go’, he told him. ‘Wash in the Pool of Siloam.’ Siloam means Sent. So the man went and washed. And he came home able to see.8His neighbours and people who had seen him begging earlier asked questions. ‘Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?’ they asked.9Some claimed that he was. Others said, ‘No. He only looks like him.’ But the man who had been blind kept saying, ‘I am the man.’10‘Then how were your eyes opened?’ they asked.11He replied, ‘The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed. Then I could see.’12‘Where is this man?’ they asked him. ‘I don’t know,’ he said.
The Pharisees want to know how the blind man was healed
13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.14The day Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath day.15So the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. ‘He put mud on my eyes,’ the man replied. ‘Then I washed. And now I can see.’16Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Jesus has not come from God. He does not keep the Sabbath day.’ But others asked, ‘How can a sinner do such signs?’ So the Pharisees did not agree with one another.17Then they turned again to the blind man. ‘What do you have to say about him?’ they asked. ‘It was your eyes he opened.’ The man replied, ‘He is a prophet.’18They still did not believe that the man had been blind and now could see. So they sent for his parents.19‘Is this your son?’ they asked. ‘Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?’20‘We know he is our son,’ the parents answered. ‘And we know he was born blind.21But we don’t know how he can now see. And we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is an adult. He can speak for himself.’22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already made this decision about Jesus. Anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.23That was why the man’s parents said, ‘He is an adult. Ask him.’24Again the Pharisees called the man who had been blind to come to them. ‘Give glory to God by telling the truth!’ they said. ‘We know that the man who healed you is a sinner.’25He replied, ‘I don’t know if he is a sinner or not. I do know one thing. I was blind, but now I can see!’26Then they asked him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’27He answered, ‘I have already told you. But you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?’28Then they began to attack him with their words. ‘You are this fellow’s disciple!’ they said. ‘We are disciples of Moses!29We know that God spoke to Moses. But we don’t even know where this fellow comes from.’30The man answered, ‘That is really surprising! You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.31We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does what he wants them to do.32Nobody has ever heard of anyone opening the eyes of a person born blind.33If this man had not come from God, he could do nothing.’34Then the Pharisees replied, ‘When you were born, you were already deep in sin. How dare you talk like that to us!’ And they threw him out of the synagogue.
People who can’t see the truth
35Jesus heard that the Pharisees had thrown the man out of the synagogue. When Jesus found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’36‘Who is he, sir?’ the man asked. ‘Tell me, so I can believe in him.’37Jesus said, ‘You have now seen him. In fact, he is the one speaking with you.’38Then the man said, ‘Lord, I believe.’ And he worshipped him.39Jesus said, ‘I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.’40Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this. They asked, ‘What? Are we blind too?’41Jesus said, ‘If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, you remain guilty.
John 9
King James Version
1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.6When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.10Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.12Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.13They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.17They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?20His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:21But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.22These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.23Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.24Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.25He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.26Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?27He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.29We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.30The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.32Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.33If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.38And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
1Unterwegs sah Jesus einen Mann, der seit seiner Geburt blind war.2Da fragten ihn seine Jünger: Rabbi, wer hat gesündigt? Er selbst oder seine Eltern, sodass er blind geboren wurde?3Jesus antwortete: Weder er noch seine Eltern haben gesündigt, sondern die Werke Gottes sollen an ihm offenbar werden.4Wir müssen, solange es Tag ist, die Werke dessen vollbringen, der mich gesandt hat; es kommt die Nacht, in der niemand mehr wirken kann. (Joh 12:35)5Solange ich in der Welt bin, bin ich das Licht der Welt. (Joh 8:12)6Als er dies gesagt hatte, spuckte er auf die Erde; dann machte er mit dem Speichel einen Teig, strich ihn dem Blinden auf die Augen7und sagte zu ihm: Geh und wasch dich in dem Teich Schiloach! Das heißt übersetzt: der Gesandte. Der Mann ging fort und wusch sich. Und als er zurückkam, konnte er sehen. (2Ki 5:10; Isa 8:6; Lu 13:4)8Die Nachbarn und jene, die ihn früher als Bettler gesehen hatten, sagten: Ist das nicht der Mann, der dasaß und bettelte?9Einige sagten: Er ist es. Andere sagten: Nein, er sieht ihm nur ähnlich. Er selbst aber sagte: Ich bin es.10Da fragten sie ihn: Wie sind deine Augen geöffnet worden?11Er antwortete: Der Mann, der Jesus heißt, machte einen Teig, bestrich damit meine Augen und sagte zu mir: Geh zum Schiloach und wasch dich! Ich ging hin, wusch mich und konnte sehen.12Sie fragten ihn: Wo ist er? Er sagte: Ich weiß es nicht.13Da brachten sie den Mann, der blind gewesen war, zu den Pharisäern.14Es war aber Sabbat an dem Tag, als Jesus den Teig gemacht und ihm die Augen geöffnet hatte. (Joh 5:9)15Auch die Pharisäer fragten ihn, wie er sehend geworden sei. Er antwortete ihnen: Er legte mir einen Teig auf die Augen und ich wusch mich und jetzt sehe ich.16Einige der Pharisäer sagten: Dieser Mensch ist nicht von Gott, weil er den Sabbat nicht hält. Andere aber sagten: Wie kann ein sündiger Mensch solche Zeichen tun? So entstand eine Spaltung unter ihnen. (Joh 7:43; Joh 10:19)17Da fragten sie den Blinden noch einmal: Was sagst du selbst über ihn? Er hat doch deine Augen geöffnet. Der Mann sagte: Er ist ein Prophet.18Die Juden aber wollten nicht glauben, dass er blind gewesen und sehend geworden war. Daher riefen sie die Eltern des von der Blindheit Geheilten19und fragten sie: Ist das euer Sohn, von dem ihr sagt, dass er blind geboren wurde? Wie kommt es, dass er jetzt sieht?20Seine Eltern antworteten: Wir wissen, dass er unser Sohn ist und dass er blind geboren wurde.21Wie es kommt, dass er jetzt sieht, das wissen wir nicht. Und wer seine Augen geöffnet hat, das wissen wir auch nicht. Fragt doch ihn selbst, er ist alt genug und kann selbst für sich sprechen!22Das sagten seine Eltern, weil sie sich vor den Juden fürchteten; denn die Juden hatten schon beschlossen, jeden, der ihn als den Christus bekenne, aus der Synagoge auszustoßen. (Joh 7:13; Joh 12:42; Joh 16:2)23Deswegen sagten seine Eltern: Er ist alt genug, fragt ihn selbst!24Da riefen die Pharisäer den Mann, der blind gewesen war, zum zweiten Mal und sagten zu ihm: Gib Gott die Ehre! Wir wissen, dass dieser Mensch ein Sünder ist. (Jos 7:19; 2Ch 30:8; Ps 66:2; Ps 68:35; Isa 42:12)25Er antwortete: Ob er ein Sünder ist, weiß ich nicht. Nur das eine weiß ich, dass ich blind war und jetzt sehe.26Sie fragten ihn: Was hat er mit dir gemacht? Wie hat er deine Augen geöffnet?27Er antwortete ihnen: Ich habe es euch bereits gesagt, aber ihr habt nicht gehört. Warum wollt ihr es noch einmal hören? Wollt etwa auch ihr seine Jünger werden?28Da beschimpften sie ihn: Du bist ein Jünger dieses Menschen; wir aber sind Jünger des Mose.29Wir wissen, dass zu Mose Gott gesprochen hat; aber von dem da wissen wir nicht, woher er kommt. (Joh 5:45)30Der Mensch antwortete ihnen: Darin liegt ja das Erstaunliche, dass ihr nicht wisst, woher er kommt; dabei hat er doch meine Augen geöffnet.31Wir wissen, dass Gott Sünder nicht erhört; wer aber Gott fürchtet und seinen Willen tut, den erhört er.32Noch nie hat man gehört, dass jemand die Augen eines Blindgeborenen geöffnet hat.33Wenn dieser nicht von Gott wäre, dann hätte er gewiss nichts ausrichten können.34Sie entgegneten ihm: Du bist ganz und gar in Sünden geboren und du willst uns belehren? Und sie stießen ihn hinaus. (Ps 51:7)35Jesus hörte, dass sie ihn hinausgestoßen hatten, und als er ihn traf, sagte er zu ihm: Glaubst du an den Menschensohn?36Da antwortete jener und sagte: Wer ist das, Herr, damit ich an ihn glaube?37Jesus sagte zu ihm: Du hast ihn bereits gesehen; er, der mit dir redet, ist es. (Joh 4:26)38Er aber sagte: Ich glaube, Herr! Und er warf sich vor ihm nieder.39Da sprach Jesus: Um zu richten, bin ich in diese Welt gekommen: damit die nicht Sehenden sehen und die Sehenden blind werden. (Joh 3:19; Joh 5:24)40Einige Pharisäer, die bei ihm waren, hörten dies. Und sie fragten ihn: Sind etwa auch wir blind?41Jesus sagte zu ihnen: Wenn ihr blind wärt, hättet ihr keine Sünde. Jetzt aber sagt ihr: Wir sehen. Darum bleibt eure Sünde. (Joh 9:2)