John 9:2

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

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In The King James Version

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

In Context

1And Jesus, while passing by, saw a man blind from birth.

3Jesus responded: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God would be made manifest in him.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

Matthew 23:7and greetings in the marketplace, and to be called Master by men.

John 9:34They responded and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and you would teach us?” And they cast him out.

Matthew Henry on John 9:2-8

Sight Given to One Born Blind. 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus… Read the whole commentary →

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