What Does the Bible Say About I Was Blind But Now I See?

John 9:1-41 ESV / 13 helpful votes

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ...

Joshua 7:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

John 9:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

John 10:1-42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ...

John 9:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”

John 9:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

John 9:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.

John 9:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

John 9:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)

John 9:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

John 9:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

John 9:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

John 9:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

John 9:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

John 9:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 9:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

John 9:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

John 9:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.”

John 9:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”

John 9:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

John 9:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.

John 9:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

John 9:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.

John 9:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”

John 9:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

John 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”

John 9:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

John 9:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

John 9:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”

John 9:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

John 9:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight

John 9:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

John 9:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

John 9:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

John 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.”

John 9:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”

John 9:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.”

John 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

John 9:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

John 9:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

John 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

John 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

John 8:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” ...

45 Bible Verses about I Was Blind But Now I See

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