¹And as he passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth. ²And the disciples questioned him and asked, “Rabbi, who sinned, he or his parents, that he should be born blind?” ³Jesus replied, “Neither he nor his parents sinned, but it happened in order that the works of God should be manifested in him. ⁴I must carry out the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming, when no-one can do any work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ⁶When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay from the spittle and smeared the clay on the eyes of the blind man, ⁷and he said to him, “Go and wash yourself in the Pool of Siloam”, which, translated, is “Sent.” So he went away and washed himself, and he came back sighted. ⁸Then the neighbours and those who had previously seen that he had been blind, said, “Is this not the one who sits and begs?” ⁹Some said, “This is him.” But others said, “He is like him.” He himself said, “I am he.” ¹⁰Then they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” ¹¹He replied and said, “A man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and he said to me, ‘Go off to the Pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went off, and when I washed myself, I recovered my sight.” ¹²Then they said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don't know.” ¹³They brought him who had been blind in the past to the Pharisees. ¹⁴Now it was the Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵Then the Pharisees also asked him on the same ground how he had recovered his sight. He then said to them, “He placed clay on my eyes, then I washed myself, and now I can see.” ¹⁶Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, since he does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” So there was a division among them. ¹⁷They asked the blind man again, “What have you got to say about him, in that he opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.” ¹⁸In fact the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and had recovered his sight until they had called the parents of him who had recovered his sight. ¹⁹And they questioned them and asked, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How come that he can now see?” ²⁰Then his parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. ²¹But as to how he can now see, we don't know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” ²²His parents said these things because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already decided that if anyone professed that that man was the Christ, he would be excommunicated from the synagogue. ²³That is why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” ²⁴So they called the man who had been blind a second time, and they said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” ²⁵At which he answered and said, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know, that although I was blind, I can now see.” ²⁶Then they asked him again, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” ²⁷He replied to them, “I have told you already, but you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples too, do you?” ²⁸They reviled him and said, “You are a disciple of his. But we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses. But we do not know where this man is from.” ³⁰The man answered and said to them, “Well, in this matter it is astounding that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹Now we know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is godly and does his will, he hears him. ³²Never has it been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of one born blind. ³³If this man were not from God, he could not do anything.” ³⁴They replied and said to him, “You were wholly born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out. ³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and he found him, and he asked him, “Do you believe in the son of God?” ³⁶He answered and said, “So who is that, Lord, so that I may believe in him?” ³⁷Jesus then said to him, “You have seen him, and also he who is talking to you is the one.” ³⁸Then he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he worshipped him. ³⁹Then Jesus said, “I have come into this world with a view to judgment – that those who do not see should see, and those who see should become blind.” ⁴⁰Now some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, “Surely we are not blind too?” ⁴¹Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But as it is, you say, ‘We see.’ So your sin remains.”