Jesus heals a man born blind by spitting in his eyes

John 9: 1-12

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• 1. As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.
• 2. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
• 3. "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.
• 4. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
• 5. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
• 6. Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.
• 7. "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
• 8. His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?"
• 9. Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him." But he himself insisted, "I am the man."
• 10. "How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded.
• 11. He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."
• 12. "Where is this man?" they asked him. "I don't know," he said.

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