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[1]Therfor thei token stonys, to caste to hym; but Jhesus hidde hym, and wente out of the temple.
[2]And Jhesus passynge, seiy a man blynd fro the birthe.
[3]And hise disciplis axiden hym, Maistir, what synnede this man, or hise eldris, that he schulde be borun blynd?
[4]Jhesus answeride, Nether this man synnede, nether hise eldris; but that the werkis of God be schewid in hym.
[5]It bihoueth me to worche the werkis of hym that sente me, as longe as the dai is; the nyyt schal come, whanne no man may worche.
[6]As longe as Y am in the world, Y am the liyt of the world.
[7]Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he spette in to the erthe, and made cley of the spotil, and anoyntide the cley on hise iyen,
[8]and seide to hym, Go, and be thou waisschun in the watir of Siloe, that is to seie, Sent. Thanne he wente, and waisschide, and cam seynge.
[9]And so neiyboris, and thei that hadden seyn him bifor, for he was a beggere, seiden, Whether this is not he, that sat, and beggide?
[10]Othere men seiden, That this it is; othere men seyden, Nai, but he is lijc hym.
[11]But he seide, That Y am. Therfor thei seiden to hym, Hou ben thin iyen openyd?
[12]He answerde, Thilke man, that is seid Jhesus, made clei, and anoyntide myn iyen, and seide to me, Go thou to the watre of Siloe, and wassche; and Y wente, and wasschide, and say.
[13]And thei seiden to hym, Where is he? He seide, Y woot not.
[14]Thei leden hym that was blynd to the Farisees.
[15]And it was sabat, whanne Jhesus made cley, and openyde hise iyen.
[16]Eft the Farisees axiden hym, hou he hadde seyn. And he seide to hem, He leide to me cley on the iyen; and Y wasschide, and Y se.
[17]Therfor summe of the Fariseis seiden, This man is not of God, that kepith not the sabat. Othere men seiden, Hou may a synful man do these signes. And strijf was among hem.
[18]Therfor thei seien eftsoone to the blynd man, What seist thou of hym, that openyde thin iyen? And he seide, That he is a prophete.
[19]Therfor Jewis bileueden not of hym, that he was blynd, and hadde seyn, til thei clepiden his fadir and modir, that hadde seyn.
[20]And thei axiden hem, and seiden, Is this youre sone, which ye seien was borun blynd? hou thanne seeth he now?
[21]His fadir and modir answeriden to hem, and seiden, We witen, that this is oure sone, and that he was borun blynd;
[22]but hou he seeth now, we witen neuer, or who openyde hise iyen, we witen nere; axe ye hym, he hath age, speke he of hym silf.
[23]His fader and modir seiden these thingis, for thei dredden the Jewis; for thanne the Jewis hadden conspirid, that if ony man knoulechide hym Crist, he schulde be don out of the synagoge.
[24]Therfor his fadir and modir seiden, That he hath age, axe ye hym.
[25]Therfor eftsoone thei clepiden the man, that was blynd, and seiden to hym, Yyue thou glorie to God; we witen, that this man is a synnere.
[26]Thanne he seide, If he is a synnere, Y woot neuer; o thing Y woot, that whanne Y was blynd, now Y se.
[27]Therfor thei seiden to hym, What dide he to thee? hou openyde he thin iyen?
[28]He answerde to hem, Y seide to you now, and ye herden; what wolen ye eftsoone here? whether ye wolen be maad hise discyplis?
[29]Therfor thei cursiden hym, and seiden, Be thou his disciple; we ben disciplis of Moises.
[30]We witen, that God spak to Moises; but we knowen not this, of whennus he is.
[31]Thilke man answeride, and seide to hem, For in this is a wondurful thing, that ye witen not, of whennus he is, and he hath openyd myn iyen.
[32]And we witen, that God herith not synful men, but if ony `man is worschypere of God, and doith his wille, he herith hym.
[33]Fro the world it is not herd, that ony man openyde the iyen of a blynd borun man; but this were of God,
[34]he myyt not do ony thing.
[35]Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, Thou art al borun in synnes, and techist thou vs? And thei putten hym out.
[36]Jhesus herd, that thei hadden putte hym out; and whanne he hadde founde hym, he seide to hym, Bileuest thou in the sone of God?
[37]He answerde, and seide, Lord, who is he, that Y bileue in hym?
[38]And Jhesus seide to hym, And thou hast seyn him, and he it is, that spekith with thee.
[39]And he seide, Lord, Y byleue. And he felle doun, and worschipide hym.
[40]Therfore Jhesus seide to hym, Y cam in to this world, `in to doom, that thei that seen not, see, and thei that seen, be maad blynde.
[41]And summe of the Faryseis herden, that weren with hym, and thei seiden to hym, Whether we ben blynde?
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