John 9:1-7

1While Jesus was walking along, he saw a certain man. This man had been blind since he was born.

2Jesus' disciples asked him, ‘Teacher, why was this man blind when he was born? Was it because he himself did something wrong? Or was it because his parents did something wrong?’

3Jesus answered, ‘It was not because either this man or his parents did something wrong. It happened so that God could show his great work in this man.

4While it is still day, we must continue to work. God has sent me and we must do his work. We must work now because it will be night soon. Then nobody can work.

5While I am still here in the world, I am the world's light.’

6When Jesus had finished speaking, he spat on the ground. He mixed it with dirt on the ground so that he made mud. Then he put some of the mud on the eyes of the blind man.

7Jesus said to him, ‘Go and wash in the Siloam pool.’ (The name Siloam means ‘Sent’.) So the man went there and he washed himself. When he returned, now he could see.