1. While Jesus was walking, he saw a man who had been blind since the time he was born.
2. Jesus’ followers asked him, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Whose sin made it happen? Was it his own sin or that of his parents?”
3. Jesus answered, “It was not any sin of this man or his parents that caused him to be blind. He was born blind so that he could be used to show what great things God can do.
4. While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the one who sent me. The night is coming, and no one can work at night.
5. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6. After Jesus said this, he spit on the dirt, made some mud and put it on the man’s eyes.
7. Jesus told him, “Go and wash in Siloam pool.” (Siloam means “Sent.”) So the man went to the pool, washed and came back. He was now able to see.
8. His neighbors and some others who had seen him begging said, “Look! Is this the same man who always sits and begs?”
9. Some people said, “Yes! He is the one.” But others said, “No, he can’t be the same man. He only looks like him.” So the man himself said, “I am that same man.”
10. They asked, “What happened? How did you get your sight?”
11. He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went there and washed. And then I could see.”
12. They asked him, “Where is this man?” He answered, “I don’t know.”
13. Then the people brought the man to the Pharisees.
14. The day Jesus had made mud and healed the man’s eyes was a Sabbath day.
15. So the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?” He answered, “He put mud on my eyes. I washed, and now I can see.”
16. Some of the Pharisees said, “That man does not obey the law about the Sabbath day. So he is not from God.” Others said, “But someone who is a sinner cannot do these miraculous signs.” So they could not agree with each other.
17. They asked the man again, “Since it was your eyes he healed, what do you say about him?” He answered, “He is a prophet.”
18. The Jewish leaders still did not believe that this really happened to the man—that he was blind and was now healed. But later they sent for his parents.