7. Then he told the man, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam.” (Siloam means Sent.) So the man went to the pool. He washed and came back. And he was able to see.
8. Some people had seen this man begging before. They and the man’s neighbors said, “Look! Is this the same man who always sits and begs?”
9. Some said, “Yes! He is the one.” But others said, “No, he’s not the same man. He only looks like him.”So the man himself said, “I am the man.”
10. They asked, “What happened? How did you get your sight?”
11. He answered, “The man named Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and came back seeing.”
12. They asked him, “Where is this man?”The man answered, “I don’t know.”
13. Then the people took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14. The day Jesus had made mud and healed his eyes was a Sabbath day.
15. So now the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?”He answered, “He put mud on my eyes. I washed, and now I can see.”
16. Some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man does not keep the Sabbath day. He is not from God!”Others said, “But a man who is a sinner can’t do miracles like these.” So they could not agree with each other.
17. They asked the man again, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”The man answered, “He is a prophet.”