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As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.

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His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

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"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.

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As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

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

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Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.

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"Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

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His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?"

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Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him." But he himself insisted, "I am the man."

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"How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded.

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He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."