Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
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 spit 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 neighbors 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 worshiped him.
39Jesus said,9:38,39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said… 39 Jesus said, “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.
医治生来瞎眼的人
1耶稣在路上看见一个生来瞎眼的人。 2门徒问耶稣：“老师，这个人生来瞎眼，是因为他犯了罪呢，还是他父母犯了罪呢？”
3耶稣说：“不是他犯了罪，也不是他父母犯了罪，而是要在他身上彰显上帝的作为。 4趁着白天，我们必须做差我来者的工作，黑夜一到，就没有人能工作了。 5我在世上的时候，是世界的光。”
6耶稣讲完后，便吐唾沫在地上，用唾沫和泥抹在那人的眼睛上， 7对他说：“到西罗亚池去洗洗！”西罗亚是“奉差遣”的意思。那人照着去做，回来的时候已经能看见了。
8他的邻居和从前见他乞讨的人说：“他不是那个常坐在这里乞讨的人吗？”
9有人说：“是他。”有人说：“不是他，只是长得像他。”
他不停地说：“我就是那个人。”
10他们问：“你的眼睛是怎么好的？”
11他回答说：“有一位叫耶稣的人和泥抹我的眼睛，叫我到西罗亚池子去洗。我照着去做，眼睛就能看见了。”
12他们问：“那人在哪里？”他说：“我不知道。”
盘问眼睛得医治的事
13他们就把这个从前瞎眼的人带到法利赛人那里。 14耶稣和泥开他眼睛那天是安息日。 15法利赛人也查问他的眼睛是怎么看见的。他回复说：“祂把泥抹在我的眼睛上，我去一洗，眼睛就看见了。”
16有些法利赛人说：“这人不是从上帝那里来的，因为祂不守安息日。”有些人却说：“罪人怎能行这样的神迹呢？”他们就争论起来。
17于是，他们又问那个瞎眼的人：“既然祂开了你的眼睛，你认为祂是什么人？”
他说：“祂是先知。”
18犹太人不相信他以前瞎眼，现在看见了，便叫来他的父母， 19问他们：“这是你们的儿子吗？你们说他生来瞎眼，现在怎么能看见了？”
20他父母回答说：“我们知道他是我们的儿子，生来瞎眼。 21至于他现在怎么能看见了，我们就不知道了。是谁治好了他，我们也不知道。他现在已经长大成人，你们可以去问他，他自己可以回答。”
22他父母因为害怕那些犹太人，所以才这样说，因为那些犹太人早就商量好了，谁承认耶稣是基督，就把谁赶出会堂。 23因此他父母才说他已经长大成人，叫他们去问他。
24法利赛人又把那个从前瞎眼的人叫来，对他说：“你应该把荣耀归给上帝9:24 这是古时叫人在上帝面前起誓说实话的惯用语，参见约书亚记7:19。！我们知道那个人是罪人。”
25他说：“祂是不是罪人，我不知道；我只知道我本来瞎眼，现在能看见了。”
26他们就问他：“祂向你做了些什么？祂是怎样治好你眼睛的？”
27他回答说：“我已经告诉过你们了，你们不听，为什么又想听呢？难道你们也想做祂的门徒吗？”
28他们就骂他：“你才是祂的门徒！我们是摩西的门徒。 29我们知道上帝曾对摩西讲话，至于这个人，我们不知道祂是从哪里来的。”
30那人说：“祂开了我的眼睛，你们竟不知道祂从哪里来，真是奇怪。 31我们知道上帝不听罪人的祷告，只听那些敬拜祂、遵行祂旨意者的祷告。 32从创世以来，从未听过有人能把生来瞎眼的人治好。 33这个人如果不是从上帝那里来的，就什么也不能做。”
34法利赛人斥责他：“你这生来就深陷罪中的家伙，居然敢教导我们！”于是把他赶了出去。
35耶稣听说了这事，后来祂找到这个人，对他说：“你信人子9:35 “人子”有古卷作“上帝的儿子”。吗？”
36他说：“先生，谁是人子？我要信祂。”
37耶稣说：“你已经看见祂了，现在跟你说话的就是祂。”
38他说：“主啊！我信！”他就敬拜耶稣。
39耶稣说：“我为了审判来到这世界，使瞎眼的可以看见，使看得见的反成了瞎眼的。”
40有些跟祂在一起的法利赛人听了这句话，就问：“难道我们也瞎了眼吗？”
41耶稣说：“你们如果是瞎眼的，就没有罪了。但现在你们自称看得见，所以仍然有罪。
