John 9:1-14

1As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind.

2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Did he or his parents sin?”

3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. Instead, he was born blind so that God could show what he can do for him.

4We must do what the one who sent me wants us to do while it is day. The night when no one can do anything is coming.

5As long as I’m in the world, I’m light for the world.”

6After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed the spit with dirt. Then he smeared it on the man’s eyes

7and told him, “Wash it off in the pool of Siloam.” (Siloam means “sent.”) The blind man washed it off and returned. He was able to see.

8His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

9Some of them said, “He’s the one.” Others said, “No, he isn’t, but he looks like him.” But the man himself said, “I am the one.”

10So they asked him, “How did you receive your sight?”

11He replied, “The man people call Jesus mixed some spit with dirt, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam, and wash it off.’ So I went there, washed it off, and received my sight.”

12They asked him, “Where is that man?” The man answered, “I don’t know.”

13Some people brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.

14The day when Jesus mixed the spit and dirt and gave the man sight was a day of rest—a holy day.