Study Desk

As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth.

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?"

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

"We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

When He had said this, He spit on the ground, and made mud from the saliva, and applied the mud to his eyes,

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he left and washed, and came back seeing.

And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

So the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is this not the one who used to sit and beg?"

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

Others were saying, "This is he," still others were saying, "No, but he is like him." The man himself kept saying, "I am the one."

Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

So they were saying to him, "How then were your eyes opened?"

Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

He answered, "The Man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went away and washed, and I received sight."

He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

And they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."

Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.