John 9:1-41 NCV

[1] As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind. [2] His followers asked him, "Teacher, whose sin caused this man to be born blind-his own sin or his parents' sin?" [3] Jesus answered, "It is not this man's sin or his parents' sin that made him blind. This man was born blind so that God's power could be shown in him. [4] While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. [5] While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." [6] After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and made some mud with it and put the mud on the man's eyes. [7] Then he told the man, "Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam." (Siloam means Sent.) So the man went, washed, and came back seeing. [8] The neighbors and some people who had earlier seen this man begging said, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" [9] Some said, "He is the one," but others said, "No, he only looks like him." The man himself said, "I am the man." [10] They asked, "How did you get your sight?" [11] He answered, "The man named Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see." [12] They asked him, "Where is this man?" "I don't know," he answered. [13] Then the people took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. [14] The day Jesus had made mud and healed his eyes was a Sabbath day. [15] So now the Pharisees asked the man, "How did you get your sight?" He answered, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see." [16] So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man does not keep the Sabbath day, so he is not from God." But others said, "A man who is a sinner can't do miracles like these." So they could not agree with each other. [17] They asked the man again, "What do you say about him since it was your eyes he opened?" The man answered, "He is a prophet." [18] These leaders did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the man's parents [19] and asked them, "Is this your son who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?" [20] His parents answered, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. [21] But we don't know how he can now see. We don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself." [22] His parents said this because they were afraid of the elders, who had already decided that anyone who said Jesus was the Christ would be avoided. [23] That is why his parents said, "He is old enough. Ask him." [24] So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, "You should give God the glory by telling the truth. We know that this man is a sinner." [25] He answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see." [26] They asked, "What did he do to you? How did he make you see again?" [27] He answered, "I already told you, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his followers, too?" [28] Then they insulted him and said, "You are his follower, but we are followers of Moses. [29] We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where this man comes from." [30] The man answered, "This is a very strange thing. You don't know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. [31] We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he listens to anyone who worships and obeys him. [32] Nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a man born blind. [33] If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." [34] They answered, "You were born full of sin! Are you trying to teach us?" And they threw him out. [35] When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, Jesus found him and said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" [36] He asked, "Who is the Son of Man, sir, so that I can believe in him?" [37] Jesus said to him, "You have seen him. The Son of Man is the one talking with you." [38] He said, "Lord, I believe!" Then the man worshiped Jesus. [39] Jesus said, "I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind." [40] Some of the Pharisees who were nearby heard Jesus say this and asked, "Are you saying we are blind, too?" [41] Jesus said, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But since you keep saying you see, your guilt remains."