John 9:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
  • John 11:37 : 37 But 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?
  • John 9:11 : 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.
  • Isa 8:6 : 6 Because this people will have nothing to do with the softly-flowing waters of Shiloah, and have fear of Rezin and Remaliah's son;
  • Isa 42:7 : 7 To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
  • Neh 3:15 : 15 And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David.
  • Luke 13:4 : 4 Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?
  • Ps 146:8 : 8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
  • 2 Kgs 5:10-14 : 10 And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean. 11 But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath. 13 Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean? 14 Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.
  • Isa 42:16-18 : 16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up. 17 They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods. 18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • Isa 29:18-19 : 18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark. 19 And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 32:3 : 3 And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.
  • John 9:39 : 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.
  • John 10:36 : 36 Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

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    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?

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

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

  • Mark 8:22-23
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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.

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  • 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.

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    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.

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  • John 9:1-3
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    1 And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

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    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 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?

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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.

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    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.

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    8 Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.

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    14 After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

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

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  • 2 Kgs 5:10
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