John 9:18-41

New International Version

¹⁸ They^(A) still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. ¹⁹ “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”

²⁰ “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. ²¹ But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” ²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,^(B) who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out^(C) of the synagogue.^{(D) 23} That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”^(E)

²⁴ A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”^(F) they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”^(G)

²⁵ He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

²⁶ Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

²⁷ He answered, “I have told you already^(H) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

²⁸ Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!^{(I) 29} We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”^(J)

³⁰ The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.^{(K) 32} Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God,^(L) he could do nothing.”

³⁴ To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;^(M) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.^(N)

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe^(O) in the Son of Man?”^(P)

³⁶ “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”^(Q)

³⁷ Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”^(R)

³⁸ Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.^(S)

³⁹ Jesus said,^[a] “For judgment^(T) I have come into this world,^(U) so that the blind will see^(V) and those who see will become blind.”^(W)

⁴⁰ Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”^(X)

⁴¹ Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.^(Y)