bible_study/Bible/John/John 9.md

## Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind 

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As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. 

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And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?" 

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Jesus answered, **"Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but _this was_ so that the works of God might be manifested in him.** 

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We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 

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While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 

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When He had said this, He spat on the ground, made clay of the saliva, and rubbed the clay on his eyes, 

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and said to him, **"Go, wash in the pool of Siloam"** (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came _back_ seeing. 

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Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?" 

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Others were saying, "This is he," _still_ others were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the one." 

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So they were saying to him, "How then were your eyes opened?" 

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He answered, "The man who is called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, **'Go to Siloam and wash'**; so when I went away and washed, I received sight." 

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And they said to him, "Where is He?" He *said, "I do not know." 

## Controversy over the Man Born Blind 

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They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. 

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Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 

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So the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, "He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 

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So then some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man do such signs?" And there was a division among them. 

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Therefore, they *said to the blind man again, "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet." 

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Then, the Jews did not believe _it_ of him that he was blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, 

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and questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?" 

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So his parents answered and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 

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but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself." 

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His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. 

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For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." 

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Therefore, a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner." 

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He then answered, "Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." 

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So they said to him, "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 listen again? Do you want to become His disciples too?" 

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And they reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 

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We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from." 

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The man answered and said to them, "Well, here is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from, and He opened my eyes. 

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We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him. 

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Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person 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 born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?" So they put him out. 

## Jesus Affirms His Deity 

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Jesus heard that they had put him out, and after finding him, He said, **"Do you believe in the Son of Man?"** 

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He answered and said, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?" 

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Jesus said to him, **"You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you."** 

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And he said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped Him. 

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And Jesus said, **"For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."** 

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Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "Are we blind too?" 

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Jesus said to them, **"If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now _that_ you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.**