John 9:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”

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  • Luke 13:2 : 2 He answered them,“Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?
  • John 9:34 : 34 They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another,“No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”

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  • John 9:3
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    3Jesus answered,“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

  • John 9:1
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    1Healing a Man Born Blind Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

  • John 9:6-26
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    6Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes

    7and said to him,“Go wash in the pool of Siloam”(which is translated“sent”). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing.

    8Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

    9Some people said,“This is the man!” while others said,“No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting,“I am the one!”

    10So they asked him,“How then were you made to see?”

    11He replied,“The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.”

    12They said to him,“Where is that man?” He replied,“I don’t know.”

    13The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

    14(Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

    15So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied,“He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see.”

    16Then some of the Pharisees began to say,“This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said,“How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.

    17So again they asked the man who used to be blind,“What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?”“He is a prophet,” the man replied.

    18Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

    19They asked the parents,“Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

    20So his parents replied,“We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

    21But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself.”

    22(His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

    23For this reason his parents said,“He is a mature adult, ask him.”)

    24Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him,“Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”

    25He replied,“I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing– that although I was blind, now I can see.”

    26Then they said to him,“What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”

  • John 9:32-36
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    32Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

    33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

    34They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.

    35The Man’s Response to Jesus Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him,“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

    36The man replied,“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”

  • John 9:30
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    30The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

  • Mark 10:50-52
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    50He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

    51Then Jesus said to him,“What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied,“Rabbi, let me see again.”

    52Jesus said to him,“Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road.

  • Mark 8:22-23
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    22A Two-stage Healing Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

    23He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked,“Do you see anything?”

  • John 9:39-41
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    39Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

    40Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”

    41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • Luke 18:35-36
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    35Healing a Blind Man As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

    36When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.

  • John 5:12
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    12They asked him,“Who is the man who said to you,‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”

  • Luke 18:40-41
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    40So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,

    41“What do you want me to do for you?” He replied,“Lord, let me see again.”

  • John 11:37
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    37But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”

  • Mark 9:16
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    16He asked them,“What are you arguing about with them?”

  • Luke 8:9
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    9Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

  • Mark 10:46
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    46Healing Blind Bartimaeus They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

  • Matt 20:33
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    33They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”

  • Luke 18:43
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    43And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

  • Mark 2:9
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    9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say,‘Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk’?

  • Matt 9:27
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    27Healing the Blind and Mute As Jesus went on from there, two blind men began to follow him, shouting,“Have mercy on us, Son of David!”