John 9
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth:
1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
2And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?
2and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
4I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,
6When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
7And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore, and washed, and he came seeing.
7Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
8The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he.
8At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he.
9Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
10They said therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened?
10“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11He answered: That man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloe, and wash. And I went, I washed, and I see.
11He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
12And they said to him: Where is he? He saith: I know not.
12“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
13They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees.
13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
14Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
15Again therefore the Pharisees asked him, how he had received his sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
15So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
16Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
16Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
17They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him that hath opened they eyes? And he said: He is a prophet.
17So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
18The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,
18The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
19And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?
19and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
20His parents answered them, and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
20His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
21But how he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: ask himself: he is of age, let him speak for himself.
21But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
22These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
23Therefore did his parents say: He is of age, ask himself.
23That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24They therefore called the man again that had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.
24So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
25He said therefore to them: If he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see.
25He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”
26They said then to him: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?
26“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
27He answered them: I have told you already, and you have heard: why would you hear it again? will you also become his disciples?
27He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28They reviled him therefore, and said: Be thou his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses.
28Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
29We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is.
29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
30The man answered, and said to them: Why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes.
30“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
31Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God, and doth his will, him he heareth.
31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
32From the beginning of the world it hath not been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes of one born blind.
32Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33Unless this man were of God, he could not do any thing.
33If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
34They answered, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
35Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he said to him: Dost thou believe in the Son of God?
35When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man ?”
36He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
36“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
37And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with thee.
37“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
38And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, he adored him.
38“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world; that they who see not, may see; and they who see, may become blind.
39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
40And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said unto him: Are we also blind?
40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
41Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.
41“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
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