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New Living Translation (NLT)

John 9
² “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”
³ “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.
⁴ We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work.
⁵ But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”
⁶ Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes.
⁷ He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!
⁸ His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
⁹ Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!”
¹⁰ They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?”
¹¹ He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!”
¹² “Where is he now?” they asked. “I don’t know,” he replied.