Geneva1599 - John - 9

9:1  And as Iesus passed by, he sawe a man which was blinde from his birth.

9:2  And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sinne, this man, or his parents, that he was borne blinde?

9:3  Iesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the workes of God should be shewed on him.

9:4  I must worke the workes of him that sent me, while it is day: the night commeth when no man can worke.

9:5  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

9:6  Assoone as he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spettle, and anointed the eyes of the blinde with the clay,

9:7  And sayd vnto him, Go wash in the poole of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came againe seeing.

9:8  Nowe the neighbours and they that had seene him before, when he was blinde, sayd, Is not this he that sate and begged?

9:9  Some said, This is he: and other sayd, He is like him: but he himselfe sayd, I am he.

9:10  Therefore they sayd vnto him, Howe were thine eyes opened?

9:11  He answered, and sayd, The man that is called Iesus, made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and sayde vnto me, Goe to the poole of Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and receiued sight.

9:12  Then they sayd vnto him, Where is he? He sayd, I can not tell.

9:13  They brought to the Pharises him that was once blinde.

9:14  And it was the Sabbath day, when Iesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

9:15  Then againe the Pharises also asked him, how he had receiued sight. And hee sayd vnto them, He layd clay vpon mine eyes, and I washed, and doe see.

9:16  Then said some of the Pharises, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day. Others sayd, Howe can a man that is a sinner, doe such miracles? and there was a dissension among them.

9:17  Then spake they vnto the blinde againe, What sayest thou of him, because he hath opened thine eyes? And he sayd, He is a Prophet.

9:18  Then the Iewes did not beleeue him (that he had bene blinde, and receiued his sight) vntill they had called the parents of him that had receiued sight.

9:19  And they asked them, saying, Is this your sonne, whom ye say was borne blinde? How doeth he nowe see then?

9:20  His parents answered them, and sayd, We know that this is our sonne, and that he was borne blinde:

9:21  But by what meanes hee nowe seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, can we not tell: he is olde ynough: aske him: hee shall answere for himselfe.

9:22  These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue.

9:23  Therefore sayde his parents, Hee is olde ynough: aske him.

9:24  Then againe called they the man that had bene blinde, and sayd vnto him, Giue glory vnto God: we know that this man is a sinner.

9:25  Then he answered, and sayd, Whether hee be a sinner or no, I can not tell: one thing I know, that I was blinde, and nowe I see.

9:26  Then sayd they to him againe, What did he to thee? howe opened he thine eyes?

9:27  Hee answered them, I haue tolde you already, and yee haue not heard it: wherefore would yee heare it againe? will yee also be his disciples?

9:28  Then reuiled they him, and sayd, Be thou his disciple: we be Moses disciples.

9:29  We know that God spake with Moses: but this man we know not from whence he is.

9:30  The man answered, and sayde vnto them, Doutlesse, this is a marueilous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

9:31  Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he.

9:32  Since the world began, was it not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blinde.

9:33  If this man were not of God, hee could haue done nothing.

9:34  They answered, and sayd vnto him, Thou art altogether borne in sinnes, and doest thou teach vs? so they cast him out.

9:35  Iesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he sayd vnto him, Doest thou beleeue in the Sonne of God?

9:36  He answered, and sayd, Who is he, Lord, that I might beleeue in him?

9:37  And Iesus sayd vnto him, Both thou hast seene him, and he it is that talketh with thee.

9:38  Then he sayd, Lord, I beleeue, and worshipped him.

9:39  And Iesus sayd, I am come vnto iudgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blinde.

9:40  And some of the Pharises which were with him, heard these things, and sayd vnto him, Are we blinde also?

9:41  Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.