John 9:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • John 9:22-26
    5 verses
    87%

    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 9:6-20
    15 verses
    86%

    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:

  • John 9:29-36
    8 verses
    83%

    29We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

    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.

    31We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

    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 9:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

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

    2And 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?

    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.

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

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

  • Mark 8:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    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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    72%

    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.

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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?

  • 21Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

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

  • 21Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?

  • 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?

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

  • 21And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

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

  • 7And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

  • 18So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

  • 11Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.