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[1]AND as Jesus passed by he saw a man who was blind from his mother's womb.
[2]And his disciples asked him, saying, Teacher, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
[3]Jesus said to them, Neither did he sin nor his parents. But that the works of God might be seen in him,
[4]I must do the works of him who sent me, while it is day; the night comes when no man can work.
[5]As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
[6]When he said these words, he spat on the ground, and mixed clay with his saliva, and he placed it on the eyes of the blind man.
[7]Then he said to him, Go and wash in the baptismal pool of Siloam. He went and washed, and he came seeing.
[8]His neighbors and those who had seen him before begging, said, Is not this he who used to sit down and beg?
[9]Some said, It is he; and some said, No, but he resembles him; but he said, I am he.
[10]Then they said to him, How were your eyes opened?
[11]He answered and said to them, A man whose name is Jesus made clay and placed it on my eyes, and he said to me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam; and I went and washed, and I see.
[12]They said to him, Where is he? He said to them, I do not know.
[13]So they brought to the Pharisees him who had been blind from his birth.
[14]Now it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
[15]Again the Pharisees asked him, How did you receive your sight? He said to them, He placed clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
[16]Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not observe the sabbath; others said, How can a man who is a sinner do these miracles? And there was a division among them.
[17]They said to the blind man again, What do you say concerning him who opened your eyes? He said to them, I say he is a prophet.
[18]But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight.
[19]And they asked them, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see?
[20]His parents answered and said, We know that he is our son, and that he was born blind.
[21]But how he sees now, or who opened his eyes, we do not know; he is of age, ask him, he will speak for himself.
[22]His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had decided already, that if any man should confess that he is the Christ, they would put him out of the synagogue.
[23]For this reason his parents said, He is of age, ask him.
[24]So they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give praise to God, for we know that this man is a sinner.
[25]He answered and said to them, If he is a sinner I do not know; but I do know one thing, that I was blind, and now behold, I see.
[26]They said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?
[27]He said to them, I have already told you, and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? why, do you also want to become his disciples?
[28]Then they cursed him, and said to him, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
[29]And we know that God spoke with Moses; but as for this man, we do not know whence he is.
[30]The man answered and said to them, This is surprising, that you do not know whence he is, and yet he opened my eyes.
[31]We know that God does not hear the voice of sinners; but he hears the one who fears him and does his will.
[32]From ages it has never been heard that a man opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
[33]If this man were not from God, he could not have done this.
[34]They answered and said to him, You were wholly born in sins, and yet do you teach us? And they cast him out.
[35]And Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and he found him and said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God?
[36]He who was healed answered and said, Who is he, my Lord, so that I may believe in him?
[37]Jesus said to him, You have seen him, and he is the one who is speaking with you.
[38]He said, I do believe, my Lord; and he fell down and worshipped him.
[39]Then Jesus said to him, I have come for the judgment of this world, so that those who cannot see may see, and those who see may become blind.
[40]When some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, they said to him, Why, are we also blind?
[41]Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see; because of this your sin remains.
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