John 9:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

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  • John 9:2-3
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    2 And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

    3 Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

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    35 And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

    36 And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?

    37 And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.

  • John 9:32-35
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    32 In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

    33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

    34 Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

    35 It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

  • Mark 8:22-25
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    22 And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

    23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

    24 And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.

    25 Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.

  • John 9:6-8
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    6 Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,

    7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.

    8 Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

  • John 9:10-15
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    10 So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

    11 His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.

    12 And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.

    13 They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.

    14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

    15 So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

  • John 9:17-21
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    17 Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

    18 Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

    19 And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?

    20 In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:

    21 But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

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    49 And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.

    50 And he, putting off his coat, got up quickly, and came to Jesus.

    51 And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

    52 And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

  • John 9:23-26
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    23 That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

    24 So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

    25 He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.

    26 Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?

  • 46 And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.

  • John 9:39-41
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    39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

    40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

    41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

  • 43 And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

  • 9 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

  • 30 The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

  • 27 And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

  • 1 And he went into Jericho, and when he was going through it,

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    40 And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

    41 What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

  • 30 And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

  • 8 And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.

  • 34 And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.

  • 15 And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.