John 9:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 13:2 : 2 And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?
  • John 9:34 : 34 Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living.

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  • John 9:3
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    3Jesus 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.

  • John 9:1
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    1And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

  • John 9:6-26
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    83%

    6Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,

    7And 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.

    8Then 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?

    9Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

    10So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

    11His 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.

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

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

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

    15So 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.

    16Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

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

    18Now 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,

    19And 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?

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

    21But 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.

    22They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

    23That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

    24So 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.

    25He 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.

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

  • John 9:32-36
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    32In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

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

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

    35It 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?

    36He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.

  • John 9:30
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    30The 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.

  • Mark 10:50-52
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    76%

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

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

    52And 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.

  • Mark 8:22-23
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    22And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

    23And 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?

  • John 9:39-41
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    39And 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.

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

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

  • Luke 18:35-36
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    35And 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.

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

  • John 5:12
    73%

    12Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

  • Luke 18:40-41
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    40And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

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

  • John 11:37
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    37But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

  • Mark 9:16
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    16And he said, What are you questioning them about?

  • Luke 8:9
    71%

    9And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Mark 10:46
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    46And 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.

  • Matt 20:33
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    33They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.

  • Luke 18:43
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    43And 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.

  • Mark 2:9
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    9Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

  • Matt 9:27
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    27And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.