2. Jesus' disciples asked, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?”
3. “No, it wasn't!” Jesus answered. “But because of his blindness, you will see God perform a miracle for him.
4. As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work.
5. While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”
6. After Jesus said this, he spat on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man's eyes.
7. Then he said, “Go and wash off the mud in Siloam Pool.” The man went and washed in Siloam, which means “One who is sent”. When he had washed off the mud, he could see.
8. The man's neighbours and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man.
9. Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, “I am that man.”
13-14. The day when Jesus made the mud and healed the man was a Sabbath. So the people took the man to the Pharisees.
15. They asked him how he was able to see, and he answered, “Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. Then after I washed it off, I could see.”
16. Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus doesn't come from God. If he did, he would not break the law of the Sabbath.”Others asked, “How could someone who is a sinner perform such a miracle?”Since the Pharisees could not agree among themselves,
17. they asked the man, “What do you say about this one who healed your eyes?”“He is a prophet!” the man told them.
18. But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents
19. and asked them, “Is this the son that you said was born blind? How can he now see?”
20. The man's parents answered, “We are certain that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind.
21. But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself.”
22-23. The man's parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already agreed that no one was to have anything to do with anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.
24. The leaders called the man back and said, “Swear by God to tell the truth! We know that Jesus is a sinner.”
25. The man replied, “I don't know if he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I used to be blind, but now I can see!”
26. “What did he do to you?” the Jewish leaders asked. “How did he heal your eyes?”
27. The man answered, “I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
28. The leaders insulted the man and said, “You are his follower! We are followers of Moses.