1 Caminhando Jesus, viu um homem cego de nascença. 2 E os seus discípulos perguntaram: Mestre, quem pecou, este ou seus pais, para que nascesse cego? 3 Respondeu Jesus: Nem ele pecou, nem seus pais; mas foi para que se manifestem nele as obras de Deus. 4 É necessário que façamos as obras daquele que me enviou, enquanto é dia; a noite vem, quando ninguém pode trabalhar. 5 Enquanto estou no mundo, sou a luz do mundo. 6 Dito isso, cuspiu na terra e, tendo feito lodo com a saliva, aplicou-o aos olhos do cego, 7 dizendo-lhe: Vai, lava-te no tanque de Siloé (que quer dizer Enviado). Ele foi, lavou-se e voltou vendo. 8 Então, os vizinhos e os que dantes o conheciam de vista, como mendigo, perguntavam: Não é este o que estava assentado pedindo esmolas? 9 Uns diziam: É ele. Outros: Não, mas se parece com ele. Ele mesmo, porém, dizia: Sou eu. 10 Perguntaram-lhe, pois: Como te foram abertos os olhos? 11 Respondeu ele: O homem chamado Jesus fez lodo, untou-me os olhos e disse-me: Vai ao tanque de Siloé e lava-te. Então, fui, lavei-me e estou vendo. 12 Disseram-lhe, pois: Onde está ele? Respondeu: Não sei.

13 Levaram, pois, aos fariseus o que dantes fora cego. 14 E era sábado o dia em que Jesus fez o lodo e lhe abriu os olhos. 15 Então, os fariseus, por sua vez, lhe perguntaram como chegara a ver; ao que lhes respondeu: Aplicou lodo aos meus olhos, lavei-me e estou vendo. 16 Por isso, alguns dos fariseus diziam: Esse homem não é de Deus, porque não guarda o sábado. Diziam outros: Como pode um homem pecador fazer tamanhos sinais? E houve dissensão entre eles. 17 De novo, perguntaram ao cego: Que dizes tu a respeito dele, visto que te abriu os olhos? Que é profeta, respondeu ele.

18 Não acreditaram os judeus que ele fora cego e que agora via, enquanto não lhe chamaram os pais 19 e os interrogaram: É este o vosso filho, de quem dizeis que nasceu cego? Como, pois, vê agora? 20 Então, os pais responderam: Sabemos que este é nosso filho e que nasceu cego; 21 mas não sabemos como vê agora; ou quem lhe abriu os olhos também não sabemos. Perguntai a ele, idade tem; falará de si mesmo. 22 Isto disseram seus pais porque estavam com medo dos judeus; pois estes já haviam assentado que, se alguém confessasse ser Jesus o Cristo, fosse expulso da sinagoga. 23 Por isso, é que disseram os pais: Ele idade tem, interrogai-o.

24 Então, chamaram, pela segunda vez, o homem que fora cego e lhe disseram: Dá glória a Deus; nós sabemos que esse homem é pecador. 25 Ele retrucou: Se é pecador, não sei; uma coisa sei: eu era cego e agora vejo. 26 Perguntaram-lhe, pois: Que te fez ele? como te abriu os olhos? 27 Ele lhes respondeu: Já vo-lo disse, e não atendestes; por que quereis ouvir outra vez? Porventura, quereis vós também tornar-vos seus discípulos? 28 Então, o injuriaram e lhe disseram: Discípulo dele és tu; mas nós somos discípulos de Moisés. 29 Sabemos que Deus falou a Moisés; mas este nem sabemos donde é. 30 Respondeu-lhes o homem: Nisto é de estranhar que vós não saibais donde ele é, e, contudo, me abriu os olhos. 31 Sabemos que Deus não atende a pecadores; mas, pelo contrário, se alguém teme a Deus e pratica a sua vontade, a este atende. 32 Desde que há mundo, jamais se ouviu que alguém tenha aberto os olhos a um cego de nascença. 33 Se este homem não fosse de Deus, nada poderia ter feito. 34 Mas eles retrucaram: Tu és nascido todo em pecado e nos ensinas a nós? E o expulsaram.

35 Ouvindo Jesus que o tinham expulsado, encontrando-o, lhe perguntou: Crês tu no Filho do Homem? 36 Ele respondeu e disse: Quem é, Senhor, para que eu nele creia? 37 E Jesus lhe disse: Já o tens visto, e é o que fala contigo. 38 Então, afirmou ele: Creio, Senhor; e o adorou. 39 Prosseguiu Jesus: Eu vim a este mundo para juízo, a fim de que os que não veem vejam, e os que veem se tornem cegos. 40 Alguns dentre os fariseus que estavam perto dele perguntaram-lhe: Acaso, também nós somos cegos? 41 Respondeu-lhes Jesus: Se fôsseis cegos, não teríeis pecado algum; mas, porque agora dizeis: Nós vemos, subsiste o vosso pecado.

1 And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, 7 and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 8 The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9 Others said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he. 10 They said therefore unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? 11 He answered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to Siloam, and wash: so I went away and washed, and I received sight. 12 And they said unto him, Where is he? He saith, I know not.

13 They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see. 16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them. 17 They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. 18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight, 19 and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 20 His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 21 but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself. 22 These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 24 So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 26 They said therefore unto him, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them, I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear it again? would ye also become his disciples? 28 And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we know not whence he is. 30 The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes. 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth. 32 Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing. 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that speaketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind. 40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.

2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

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

6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.

7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means "Sent"). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?"

9 Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him." But he himself insisted, "I am the man."

10 "How then were your eyes opened?" they asked.

11 He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."

12 "Where is this man?" they asked him. "I don't know," he said.

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath.

15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. "He put mud on my eyes," the man replied, "and I washed, and now I see."

16 Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others asked, "How can a sinner perform such signs?" So they were divided.

17 Then they turned again to the blind man, "What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened." The man replied, "He is a prophet."

18 They 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, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.

23 That was why his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."

24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. "Give glory to God by telling the truth," they said. "We know this man is a sinner."

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 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!

29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don't even know where he comes from."

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.

32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

34 To this they replied, "You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!" And they threw him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

36 "Who is he, sir?" the man asked. "Tell me so that I may believe in him."

37 Jesus said, "You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you."

38 Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him.

39 Jesus said, ""For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind."

40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, "What? Are we blind too?"

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.