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 As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth.2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"3 Jesus answered,"Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so thatthe works of God might be revealed in him.4 Imust work the works of the one who sent mewhile it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."6 After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he spread the mud on the man's eyes7 and told him,"Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "Sent One"). So he went off and washed and came back seeing.8 Then the neighbors and those who had previously seen him as a beggar said, "This is the man who used to sit and beg, isn't it?"9 Some were saying, "It is he," while others were saying, "No, but it is someone like him."He himself kept saying, "It is I!"10 So they said to him, "How, then, were your eyes opened?"11 He said, "The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So off I went and washed, and I received my sight."12 They said to him, "Where is that man?"He said, "I don't know!"13 So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind.14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.15 So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see."16 Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath."But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.17 So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, for it was your eyes he opened?"He said, "He is a prophet."18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had been given sight until they summoned his parents19 and asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?"20 His parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.21 But we don't know how it is that he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself."22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ would be thrown out of the synagogue.23 That's why his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."24 So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."25 But he responded, "I don't know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!"26 Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"27 He answered them, "I've already told you, but you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples, too, do you?"28 At this, they turned on him furiously and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."30 The man answered them, "This is an amazing thing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.31 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.32 Never since creation has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man who was born blind.33 If this man were not from God, he couldn't do anything like that."34 They said to him, "You were born entirely in sins, and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out.35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he said,"Do you believe in the Son of Man?"36 He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."37 Jesus said to him,"You have seen him. He is the person who is talking with you."38 He said, "Lord, I do believe," and worshiped him.39 Then Jesus said,"I have come into this world for judgment, so that those who are blind may see, and those who see may become blind."40 Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and said to him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"41 Jesus told them,"If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, ‘We see,’ your sin remains."