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The Book of John, Chapter 9, Verse 1

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Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
King James Version
And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.
American Standard Version
And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
New English Translation
They said to him,“Where is that man?” He replied,“I don’t know.”
World English Bible
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
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And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
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Jesus answered, ‹Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.›
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‹I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.›
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‹As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.›
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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,
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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.
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The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
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Some said, This is he: others [said], He is like him: [but] he said, I am [he].
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Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
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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.