MODERN LITERAL VERSION

9:1 And passing by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that* he should be born blind?

9:3 Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents, but that* the works of God should be manifest in him.
9:4 It is essential for me to work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
9:5 Whenever I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
9:6 When he had spoken these things, he spit on the level-ground and made* clay from the spit and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
9:7 and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by translation, Sent). Therefore, he went away and washed and came back seeing.

9:8 Therefore the neighbors and those viewing him beforehand, that he was blind, said, Is this not the one sitting and begging earlier?
9:9 Others said, It is he. But others said, He is similar to him.
He said, I am he.

9:10 Therefore they said to him, How were your eyes opened?

9:11 He answered and said, A man called Jesus made* clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And I went away and washed and I recovered my sight.

9:12 Therefore they said to him, Where is he?
He says, I do not know.

9:13 They lead him to the Pharisees, he who was previously blind.
9:14 Now it was the Sabbath on the day when Jesus made* the clay and opened his eyes.
9:15 Therefore, again the Pharisees also asked him how he recovered his sight.
And he said to them, He placed clay upon my eyes and I washed and I can see.

9:16 Therefore, some out of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he is not keeping the Sabbath.
Others said, How can a man who is a sinner do such signs? And there was a split among them.
9:17 They say to the blind man again, What do you say concerning him, in that he opened your eyes?
And he said, He is a prophet.

9:18 Therefore the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had recovered his sight, until they summoned the parents of him who had recovered his sight,
9:19 and asked them, saying, Is this your* son, who you* say was born blind? Then* how does he see now?

9:20 But his parents answered and said, We know that this is our son and that he was born blind;
9:21 but how he can now see, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. He has come of age*; ask him; he will speak concerning himself.
9:22 His parents said these things, because they feared the Jews; for* the Jews had covenanted already, that* if anyone confesses him as Christ, he should become expelled from the synagogue.
9:23 Therefore his parents said, He has come of age*; ask him.

9:24 So they summoned the man who was blind a second time and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.

9:25 Therefore he answered and said, I do not know if he is a sinner. I know one thing, that I was blind, but now I can see.

9:26 But they said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?

9:27 He answered them, I told you* already and you* did not hear; why are you* wishing to hear it again? Do you* wish also to become his disciples?

9:28 They reviled him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we do not know where he is from.

9:30 The man answered and said to them, For* a marvelous thing is in this, because you* do not know where he is from and yet he opened my eyes.
9:31 But we know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is god-fearing and if he is practicing his will, he hears him.
9:32 It has not been heard from the beginning of the world, that anyone has opened the eyes of a man born blind.
9:33 If this man was not from God, he would be unable to do anything.

9:34 They answered and said to him, You were born and are entirely in sins and you are teaching us! And they cast him outside.

9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him outside, and finding him, he said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God?

9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that* I may believe in him?

9:37 And Jesus said to him, You have both seen him and he who speaks with you is he.

9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.

9:39 And Jesus said, I came into this world *for judgment, that* those who do not see, may see, and those who see, may become blind.

9:40 And those who were with him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to him, We are not also blind, are we?

9:41 Jesus said to them, If you* were blind, you* would have no sin, but now you* say, We see, therefore your* sin remains.