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John 9:3 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents, but that the works of God might be revealed in him. "
John 9:3
Verse in Context
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1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.
4 I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
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John 9:1
"As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth."
John 9:2
"His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”"
John 9:4
"I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work."
John 9:5
"While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”"
John 9:6
"When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,"
John 9:7
"and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing."
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