{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/john/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:39:57.594Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":9,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":41},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"His disciples asked him, |Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Jesus answered, |Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and said to him, |Go, wash in the pool of Siloam| (which means |Sent|). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, |Isn't this he who sat and begged?|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Others were saying, |It is he.| Still others were saying, |He looks like him.| He said, |I am he.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They therefore were asking him, |How were your eyes opened?|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He answered, |A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then they asked him, |Where is he?| He said, |I don't know.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, |He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Some therefore of the Pharisees said, |This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath.| Others said, |How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?| There was division among them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Therefore they asked the blind man again, |What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?| He said, |He is a prophet.|"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and asked them, |Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?|"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"His parents answered them, |We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.|"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Therefore his parents said, |He is of age. Ask him.|"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, |Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.|"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"He therefore answered, |I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.|"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They said to him again, |What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?|"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He answered them, |I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his disciples, do you?|"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"They insulted him and said, |You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from.|"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The man answered them, |How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.|"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"They answered him, |You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?| They threw him out."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, |Do you believe in the Son of God?|"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"He answered, |Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?|"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Jesus said to him, |You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.|"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"He said, |Lord, I believe!| and he worshiped him."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Jesus said, |I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind.|"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, |Are we also blind?|"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Jesus said to them, |If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 9 (WEB)","markdown":"[John 9](https://primebible.com/web/john/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/john/9 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}