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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
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Now as Jesus passed
by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. |
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And His disciples
asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was
born blind?”
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Jesus answered,
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but
that the works of God should be revealed in him.
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I must work the works of Him who sent Me while
it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.
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As long as I am in the world, I am the light of
the world.” |
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When He had said
these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He
anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
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And He said to him,
“Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which
is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
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Therefore the
neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not
this he who sat and begged?”
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Some said, “This is
he.” Others said, “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.”
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Therefore they said
to him, “How were your eyes opened?” |
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He answered and
said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go
to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received
sight.”
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Then they said to
him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.” |
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They brought him who
formerly was blind to the Pharisees. |
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Now it was a Sabbath
when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
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Then the Pharisees
also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He
put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
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Therefore some of
the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the
Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And
there was a division among them.
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They said to the
blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”
He said, “He is a prophet.”
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But the Jews did not
believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until
they called the parents of him who had received his sight.
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And they asked them,
saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now
see?”
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His parents answered
them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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but by what means he
now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of
age; ask him. He will speak for himself.”
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His parents said
these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already
that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the
synagogue.
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Therefore his
parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” |
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So they again called
the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! We know that
this Man is a sinner.”
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He answered and
said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that
though I was blind, now I see.”
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Then they said to
him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
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He answered them, “I
told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again?
Do you also want to become His disciples?”
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Then they reviled
him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
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We know that God
spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where He is from.”
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The man answered and
said to them, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He
is from; yet He has opened my eyes!
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Now we know that God
does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His
will, He hears him.
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Since the world
began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born
blind.
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If this Man were not
from God, He could do nothing.” |
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They answered and
said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?”
And they cast him out.
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Jesus heard that
they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him,
“Do you believe in the Son of God?”
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He answered and
said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
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And Jesus said to
him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is
talking with you.”
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Then he said, “Lord,
I believe!” And he worshiped Him. |
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And Jesus said,
“For judgment I have come into this world, that
those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
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Then some of the
Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we
blind also?”
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Jesus said to them,
“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but
now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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