Евангелие от Иоанна 9

1 И мимоидый виде человека слепа от рождества.2 И вопросиша его ученицы его, глаголюще: равви, кто согреши, сей ли, или родителя его, яко слеп родися?3 Отвеща Иисус: ни сей согреши, ни родителя его, но да явятся дела Божия на нем:4 мне подобает делати дела пославшаго мя, дондеже день есть: приидет нощь, егда никтоже может делати:5 егда в мире есмь, свет есмь миру.6 Сия рек, плюну на землю, и сотвори брение от плюновения, и помаза очи брением слепому,7 и рече ему: иди, умыйся в купели силоамсте, еже сказается послан. Иде убо и умыся, и прииде видя.8 Соседи же и иже бяху видели его прежде, яко слеп бе, глаголаху: не сей ли есть седяй и просяй?9 Овии глаголаху, яко сей есть: инии же (глаголаху), яко подобен ему есть. Он (же) глаголаше, яко аз есмь.10 Глаголаху же ему: како ти отверзостеся очи?11 Отвеща он и рече: Человек нарицаемый Иисус брение сотвори и помаза очи мои и рече ми: иди в купель силоамлю и умыйся. Шед же и умывся, прозрех.12 Реша убо ему: кто той есть? Глагола: не вем.13 Ведоша (же) его к фарисеом, иже бе иногда слеп.14 Бе же суббота, егда сотвори брение Иисус и отверзе ему очи.15 Паки же вопрошаху его и фарисее, како прозре. Он же рече им: брение положи мне на очи, и умыхся, и вижу.16 Глаголаху убо от фарисей нецыи: несть сей от Бога Человек, яко субботу не хранит. Овии глаголаху: како может человек грешен сицева знамения творити? И распря бе в них.17 Глаголаху (убо) слепцу паки: ты что глаголеши о нем, яко отверзе очи твои? Он же рече, яко пророк есть.18 Не яша убо веры иудее о нем, яко слеп бе и прозре, дондеже возгласиша родителя того прозревшаго19 и вопросиша я, глаголюще: сей ли есть сын ваю, егоже вы глаголете, яко слеп родися? како убо ныне видит?20 Отвещаста (же) им родителя его и реста: вемы, яко сей есть сын наю и яко слеп родися:21 како же ныне видит, не вемы, или кто отверзе ему очи, мы не вемы: сам возраст имать, самого вопросите, сам о себе да глаголет.22 Сия рекоста родителя его, яко боястася жидов: уже бо бяху сложилися жидове, да, аще кто его исповесть Христа, отлучен от сонмища будет:23 сего ради родителя его рекоста, яко возраст имать, самого вопросите.24 Возгласиша же вторицею человека, иже бе слеп, и реша ему: даждь славу Богу: мы вемы, яко Человек сей грешен есть.25 Отвеща убо он и рече: аще грешен есть, не вем: едино вем, яко слеп бех, ныне же вижу.26 Реша же ему паки: что сотвори тебе? како отверзе очи твои?27 Отвеща им: рекох вам уже, и не слышасте: что паки хощете слышати? еда и вы ученицы его хощете быти?28 Они же укориша его и реша (ему): ты ученик еси того: мы же моисеовы есмы ученицы:29 мы вемы, яко моисеови глагола Бог, сего же не вемы, откуду есть.30 Отвеща человек и рече им: о сем бо дивно есть, яко вы не весте, откуду есть, и отверзе очи мои:31 вемы же, яко грешники Бог не послушает, но аще кто Богочтец есть и волю его творит, того послушает:32 от века несть слышано, яко кто отверзе очи слепу рождену:33 аще не бы был сей от Бога, не могл бы творити ничесоже.34 Отвещаша и реша ему: во гресех ты родился еси весь, и ты ли ны учиши? И изгнаша его вон.35 Услыша Иисус, яко изгнаша его вон, и обрет его, рече ему: ты веруеши ли в Сына Божия?36 Отвеща он и рече: и кто есть, Господи, да верую в него?37 Рече же ему Иисус: и видел еси его, и глаголяй с тобою той есть.38 Он же рече: верую, Господи. И поклонися ему.39 И рече Иисус: на суд аз в мир сей приидох, да невидящии видят, и видящии слепи будут.40 И слышаша от фарисей сия сущии с ним и реша ему: еда и мы слепи есмы?41 Рече им Иисус: аще бысте слепи были, не бысте имели греха: ныне же глаголете, яко видим, грех убо ваш пребывает.

John 9

Healing a Man Born Blind

1 Now as Jesus was passing by,ts he saw a man who had been blind from birth.2 His disciples asked him,t “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this mant or his parents?”ts3 Jesus answered, “Neither this mant nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so thatt the actst of God may be revealedt through what happens to him.t4 We must perform the deedst of the one who sent met as long ast it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”s6 Having said this,t he spat on the ground and made some mudt with the saliva. Het smeared the mud on the blind man’st eyes

7 and said to him, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam”t (which is translated “sent”).s So the blind mant went away and washed, and came back seeing.
8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previouslyt as a beggar began saying,t “Is this not the mant who used to sit and beg?”9 Some people said,t “This is the man!”t while others said, “No, but he looks like him.”t The man himselft kept insisting, “I am the one!”t10 So they asked him,t “How then were you made to see?”t11 He replied,t “The man called Jesus made mud,t smeared itt on my eyes and told me,t ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.”t

12 They saidt to him, “Where is that man?”t He replied,t “I don’t know.”

The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing

13 They brought the man who used to be blindt to the Pharisees.s14 (Now the day on which Jesus made the mudt and caused him to seet was a Sabbath.)s

15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight.ts He replied,t “He put mudt on my eyes and I washed, and nowt I am able to see.”
16 Then some of the Pharisees began to say,t “This man is not from God, because he does not observet the Sabbath.”s But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner performt such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a divisiont among them.

17 So again they asked the man who used to be blind,t “What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?”t “He is a prophet,” the man replied.ts
18 Now the Jewish religious leaderst refused to believet that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summonedt the parents of the man who had become able to see.t19 They asked the parents,t “Is this your son, whom you sayt was born blind? Then how does he now see?”20 So his parents replied,t “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.21 But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see.t Ask him, he is a mature adult.t He will speak for himself.”22 (His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders.t For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesust to be the Christts would be put outt of the synagogue.s

23 For this reason his parents said, “He is a mature adult,t ask him.”)s
24 Then they summonedt the man who used to be blindt a second time and said to him, “Promise before God to tell the truth.t We know that this mant is a sinner.”25 He replied,t “I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing – that although I was blind, now I can see.”26 Then they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”t

27 He answered,t “I told you already and you didn’t listen.t Why do you want to hear itt again? You peoplet don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”
28 Theyt heaped insultst on him, saying,t “You are his disciple!t We are disciples of Moses!29 We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this mant comes from!”30 The man replied,t “This is a remarkable thing,t that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!t31 We know that God doesn’t listen tot sinners, but if anyone is devoutt and does his will, Godt listens tot him.t32 Never beforet has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.t33 If this mant were not from God, he could do nothing.”

34 They replied,t “You were born completely in sinfulness,t and yet you presume to teach us?”t So they threw him out.

The Man’s Response to Jesus

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the mant and said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”s36 The mant replied,t “And who is he, sir, thatt I may believe in him?”37 Jesus told him, “You have seen him; het is the one speaking with you.”t [38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.ss

39 Jesust said,]s “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight,t and the ones who see may become blind.”
40 Some of the Phariseess who were with him heard thist and asked him,t “We are not blind too, are we?”t

41 Jesus replied,t “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin,t but now because you claim that you can see,t your guiltt remains.”s