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John 9 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:1 - As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:2 - And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:3 - Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:4 - We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:5 - As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:6 - As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7 - saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Silo'am" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:8 - The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:9 - Some said, "It is he"; others said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:10 - They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11 - He answered, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Silo'am and wash'; so I went and washed and received my sight."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:12 - They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."

Controversy over the Man

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:13 - They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:14 - Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15 - The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:16 - Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a division among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:17 - So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:18 - The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:19 - and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:20 - His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:21 - but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:22 - His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:23 - Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:24 - So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:25 - He answered, "Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:26 - They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:27 - He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:28 - And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:29 - We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:30 - The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:31 - We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:32 - Never since the world began has it been heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:33 - If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:34 - They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:35 - Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:36 - He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:37 - Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:38 - He said, "Lord, I believe"; and he worshiped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:39 - Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:40 - Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, "Are we also blind?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:41 - Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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