Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, zwho sinned, this man aor his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but bthat the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me cwhile it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, dI am the elight of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he fspit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he ganointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, h“Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, i“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” jOthers said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 kNow it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not lfrom God, mfor he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a ndivision among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has oopened your eyes?” He said, p“He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews1 did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things because they qfeared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus2 to be Christ, he was to be rput out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”)
24 So sfor the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, t“Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a usinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you valready, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but wwe are disciples of xMoses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ywe do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, zthis is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God adoes not listen to sinners, but bif anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”3 36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and cit is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, d“Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, e“If you were blind, you would have no guilt;4 but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord
To the choirmaster: according to vJeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
1 I wcry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and he will hear me.
2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, I moan;
when I meditate, xmy spirit faints. Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the ydays of old,
the years long ago.
6 I said,1 “Let me remember my song in the znight;
let me meditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever,
and never again be favorable?
8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
Are his promises at an end for all time?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah
10 Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
11 I will bremember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
12 I will ponder all your work,
and cmeditate on your mighty deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is holy.
dWhat god is great like our God?
14 You are the God who works wonders;
you have emade known your might among the peoples.
15 You with your arm fredeemed your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
16 gWhen the waters hsaw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
indeed, the deep trembled.
17 iThe clouds poured out water;
the skies gave forth thunder;
your jarrows flashed on every side.
18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
your lightnings lighted up the world;
kthe earth trembled and shook.
19 Your lway was through the sea,
your path through the great waters;
yet your footprints were unseen.3
20 You mled your people like a nflock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
