John 9: Now I See

Jesus heals a man who was born blind by putting mud on his eyes and sending him to wash in the pool of Siloam. The Pharisees question the man and his parents and finally throw him out. Jesus finds him, and the man believes and worships Him. Jesus teaches that He is the light of the world and that the proud are spiritually blind.

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¹ As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ Therefore the neighbors and those who saw that he was blind before said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.” He said, “I am he.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ They therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” So there was division among them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ and asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ but how he now sees, we don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ Therefore his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ They said to him again, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁰ The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³² Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁴ They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁵ Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁶ He answered, “Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁸ He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁹ Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁰ Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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John 9 · Preschool

Jesus Opens Blind Eyes

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Color the picture. Point to the man's eyes.

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“He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.”

John 9:38 (WEB)

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Thank You, God, for making me!

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John 9 · Grade 4

Who Is Really Blind?

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Read and Think

When the disciples saw a man born blind, they assumed someone's sin caused it. Jesus said no. This was an opportunity for God's work to be shown. Jesus said, While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Then He made mud, put it on the man's eyes, and sent him to wash in the pool of Siloam, which means Sent. The man came back seeing for the first time in his life.

The Pharisees investigated. Because Jesus made mud on the Sabbath, some said He was a sinner. They questioned the man's parents, who were afraid and said, Ask him. The man boldly answered, Though I was blind, now I see. He grew braver. He asked if they wanted to become Jesus' disciples too! He reasoned that God does not listen to sinners, so Jesus must be from God. The angry leaders threw him out.

Jesus searched for the man and found him. The man believed in Jesus and worshiped Him. Jesus said He came so that the blind would see and those who think they see would become blind. The Pharisees asked if they were blind. They could see with their eyes, but their hearts refused to see who Jesus was.

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What did the disciples assume about the man's blindness?
What does Siloam mean?
How did the man show growing courage?
In what way were the Pharisees blind?

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lightmudGodseeworshiped

Jesus said, While I am in the world, I am the of the world.
Because Jesus made on the Sabbath, some said He was a sinner.
The man boldly answered, Though I was blind, now I .
He reasoned that does not listen to sinners, so Jesus must be from God.
The man believed in Jesus and Him.

Think About It

The man said, Though I was blind, now I see. How has Jesus helped you see something about God?
The man told the truth even when it cost him. When is it hard for you to stand up for Jesus?

Memory Verse

He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

John 9:25 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

What good thing has Jesus done for you?
He did not know everything, but he knew what had been done for him. How can you share what you do know about Jesus?
How can you ask Jesus to help you see people as God does?

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John 9 · Grade 5

One Thing I Know

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Read and Think

John 9 tells of the sixth sign in John's Gospel, and it is also a story about seeing. The disciples asked who sinned, the man or his parents. Jesus said neither. This man's blindness would display God's works. Jesus, the light of the world, made clay and anointed the man's eyes, much as God formed Adam from the ground. He sent him to wash in Siloam, meaning Sent. The man obeyed and came back seeing.

The Pharisees could not deny the miracle, so they attacked it. Jesus had made clay on the Sabbath. They argued among themselves. They interrogated the man's parents, who feared being expelled from the synagogue. Twice they questioned the man. His understanding of Jesus grew. First he called Him a man called Jesus, then a prophet, and then a man from God. He said, One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see. The leaders insulted him and drove him out.

When the synagogue rejected him, Jesus sought him out. Jesus asked, Do you believe in the Son of God? The man said, Lord, I believe! and he worshiped him. Jesus explained the deeper lesson. He came so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. The proud Pharisees claimed they could see. Because they refused to admit their blindness, their sin remained. The humble beggar received both physical and spiritual sight.

Show What You Know

How is Jesus making clay for the man's eyes like Genesis?
How did the man's understanding of Jesus grow?
What did the man say was the one thing he knew?
What did Jesus do when the synagogue rejected the man?
Why did the Pharisees' sin remain?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

Godseebelieveworshipedwash

He sent him to in Siloam, meaning Sent.
First he called Him a man called Jesus, then a prophet, and then a man from .
He said, One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I .
Jesus asked, Do you in the Son of God?
and he him.

Think About It

The man's understanding of Jesus grew step by step. How has your understanding of Jesus grown over time?
The man did not know every answer, but he knew what Jesus had done. Why is our own story of Jesus powerful?

Memory Verse

“He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.”

John 9:38 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

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For families: talk about these together.

What simple story about Jesus could you tell a friend?
The man kept telling the truth even when it was hard. When do you need courage to tell the truth?
Jesus came looking for the man after he was thrown out. What does that show about how Jesus cares for people who are left out?

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