John 9:2

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

Montgomery New Testament

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

1Now as he was passing along he saw a man, blind from birth.

3"Neither he nor his parents sinned." replied Jesus; "it happened that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:7"They enjoy salutations in the market-places, and to have men call them ‘Rabbi.’

John 9:34They answered, "You were wholly born in sins, and do you teach us?" Then 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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