Jesus Heals the Blind Man
Jesus heals a man born blind, sparking controversy with the religious leaders. The healed man's testimony grows bolder: 'One thing I know—I was blind but now I see!'
John 9:1-41
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The Story
As Jesus went along, He saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'
'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' said Jesus. '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.'
Jesus 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.' The man went, washed, and came home seeing.
His neighbors were stunned. 'Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?' Some said yes; others said he only looked like him. But the man kept saying, 'I am the man.'
They brought him to the Pharisees. It was the Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. The Pharisees interrogated him. When he told them what happened, they were divided. 'This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.' But others asked, 'How can a sinner perform such signs?'
They questioned the man again. 'What have you to say about Him? It was your eyes He opened.'
'He is a prophet,' the man replied.
The Jewish leaders didn't believe he had been blind at all until they summoned his parents. 'Is this your son? Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?'
His parents were afraid of being expelled from the synagogue. 'We know he is our son and that he was born blind. But how he can see now, we don't know. Ask him. He is of age.'
A second time they summoned the man. 'Give glory to God by telling the truth. We know this man is a sinner.'
He replied, 'Whether He is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know: I was blind but now I see!'
Exasperated, they hurled insults at him and threw him out. When Jesus heard this, He found the man. 'Do you believe in the Son of Man?'
'Who is He, sir? Tell me so that I may believe in Him.'
'You have now seen Him; in fact, He is the one speaking with you.'
'Lord, I believe,' the man said, and he worshiped Him.
Jesus said, 'For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.'
Some Pharisees heard Him. 'What? Are we blind too?'
Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.'
The man born blind gained his sight and his Savior. The religious leaders who thought they saw everything remained in darkness.
Jesus Helps the Blind Man See
Kids Version
There was a man who had never, ever seen anything. He was born blind. He couldn't see colors or faces or anything at all. He had to beg for money because he couldn't work.
One day Jesus walked by. His friends asked, 'Why was this man born blind? Did he do something wrong?'
Jesus said, 'No! He was born this way so everyone could see God do something amazing!'
Then Jesus did something unusual. He spit on the ground and made some mud. He put the mud on the man's eyes.
'Go wash in the pool,' Jesus said.
The man went to the pool and washed off the mud. And when he opened his eyes... HE COULD SEE! For the first time EVER!
He could see the blue sky! He could see people's faces! He could see EVERYTHING!
People couldn't believe it. 'Is that really you?' they asked.
'Yes, it's me! I was blind, but now I can see!'
Some grumpy leaders didn't like that Jesus healed on a special day. They asked the man lots of questions, trying to get him to say Jesus was bad.
But the man said, 'I don't know about all that. But I know ONE thing: I used to be blind, and now I can SEE!'
Later, Jesus found the man again. 'Do you believe in Me?' Jesus asked.
'Yes, Lord, I believe!' the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
Jesus gives sight to blind eyes AND helps us see the truth about who He is!
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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.
Memory Verse
“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 the Blind Man” in the Bible?
Jesus heals a man born blind, sparking controversy with the religious leaders. The healed man's testimony grows bolder: 'One thing I know—I was blind but now I see!' This story is found in John 9:1-41.
Where is “Jesus Heals the Blind Man” found in the Bible?
“Jesus Heals the Blind Man” is found in John 9:1-41, in the book of John.
What can children learn from “Jesus Heals the Blind Man”?
This story teaches children about Spiritual blindness, Physical healing, Testimony, Persecution, Light of the world. A man had been blind his whole life. Jesus put mud on his eyes and told him to wash it off. When he did, he could SEE for the very first time!