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Jesus Heals a Blind Man

Jesus gives sight to a man born blind, declaring Himself to be the Light of the World.

John 9:1-41

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The Story

As Jesus went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'

'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' said Jesus, 'but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.'

After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. 'Go,' he told him, 'wash in the Pool of Siloam.' So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

His neighbors and those who had seen him begging asked, 'Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?' Some claimed that he was, others said, 'No, he only looks like him.' But he insisted, 'I am the man.'

They brought him to the Pharisees, who questioned him repeatedly. The man answered simply: 'One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!'

The Pharisees threw him out. Jesus found him and asked, 'Do you believe in the Son of Man?'

'Who is he, sir? Tell me so that I may believe in him.'

Jesus said, 'You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.'

Then the man said, 'Lord, I believe,' and he worshiped him.

The blind man's simple testimony—'I was blind but now I see'—could not be argued away. Physical blindness became a picture of spiritual blindness. The religious leaders who claimed to see were actually blind; the blind man who received sight truly saw.

The Man Who Could Finally See

Kids Version

There was a man who had been blind since the day he was born. He'd NEVER seen anything—not colors, not faces, not the sky. He sat by the road and begged for money.

Jesus and His disciples walked by. The disciples asked, 'Teacher, why was this man born blind? Did he sin? Did his parents sin?'

Jesus said, 'Neither! This happened so everyone can see God do something amazing. I am the Light of the World.'

Then Jesus did something surprising. He spit on the ground and made mud. He put the mud right on the blind man's eyes!

'Go wash in the Pool of Siloam,' Jesus told him.

The man went and washed his face...

And he could SEE! For the first time in his entire life, he could SEE!

Can you imagine? Colors! Faces! Trees! The sky! Everything was new and amazing!

People couldn't believe it. 'Is that the blind beggar?'

'It can't be!' 'Yes it is!' 'No way!'

The man kept saying, 'IT'S ME! I was blind, but now I SEE!'

The religious leaders didn't like this miracle. They asked questions over and over, trying to find something wrong.

But the man just said, 'I don't know everything. But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!'

Later, Jesus found the man. 'Do you believe in the Son of God?'

'Who is He? I want to believe!'

'You're looking at Him,' Jesus said. 'I'm the One.'

The man fell down and worshiped Jesus. He could see with his eyes AND with his heart!

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Scripture — John 9:1-41 (KJV)

1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6When 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, anointed: or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man

7And 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.

8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

10Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

11He 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.

12Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

13They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

17They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

20His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

22These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

23Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

24Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

25He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

26Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

27He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

29We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

30The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

32Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

33If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. cast: or, excommunicated him

35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

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

John 9:1 (KJV)

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What is the story of “Jesus Heals a Blind Man” in the Bible?

Jesus gives sight to a man born blind, declaring Himself to be the Light of the World. This story is found in John 9:1-41.

Where is “Jesus Heals a Blind Man” found in the Bible?

Jesus Heals a Blind Man” is found in John 9:1-41, in the book of John.

What can children learn from “Jesus Heals a Blind Man”?

This story teaches children about Jesus as Light, Spiritual blindness, Faith, Testimony. A man had been blind his whole life. Jesus put mud on his eyes and told him to wash—and for the first time ever, he could SEE!

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