MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH – MORE ABOUT JESUS:  #20  Jesus Heals a Blind Man (part 1)

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John 9:1-9



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1 As Jesus was walking along,  (As Jesus was walking along,)

he saw a man who had been blind from birth.  (he saw a man who had been blind from birth.)

1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. (As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.)

2 "Teacher," his disciples asked him,  ("Teacher," his disciples asked him,)

"why was this man born blind?  ("why was this man born blind?)

2 "Teacher," his disciples asked him, "why was this man born blind?  ("Teacher," his disciples asked him, "why was this man born blind?)

Was it a result of his own sins  (Was it a result of his own sins)

or those of his parents?"  (or those of his parents?")

Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?"  (Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?")

3 "It was not because of his sins or his parents' sins," Jesus answered.  ("It was not because of his sins or his parents' sins," Jesus answered.)

"He was born blind so the power of God could be seen in him.  ("He was born blind so the power of God could be seen in him.)

4 All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me,  (All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me,)

because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end.  (because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end.)

4 All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end.  (All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end.)

5 But while I am still here in the world,  (But while I am still here in the world,)

I am the light of the world."  (I am the light of the world.")

5 But while I am still here in the world, I am the light of the world."  (But while I am still here in the world, I am the light of the world.")

6 Then he spit on the ground,  (Then he spit on the ground,)

made mud with the saliva,  (made mud with the saliva,)

and smoothed the mud over the blind man's eyes.  (and smoothed the mud over the blind man's eyes.)

6 Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smoothed the mud over the blind man's eyes.  (Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smoothed the mud over the blind man's eyes.)

7 He told him, "Go and wash in the pool."  (He told him, "Go and wash in the pool.")

So the man went and washed, and came back seeing!  (So the man went and washed, and came back seeing!)

8 His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other,  (His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other,)

"Is this the same man--that beggar?"  ("Is this the same man--that beggar?")

8 His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, "Is this the same man--that beggar?"  (His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, "Is this the same man--that beggar?")

9 Some said he was,  (Some said he was,)

and others said, "No, but he surely looks like him!"  (and others said, "No, but he surely looks like him!")

9 Some said he was, and others said, "No, but he surely looks like him!"  (Some said he was, and others said, "No, but he surely looks like him!")

And the beggar kept saying, "I am the same man!"  (And the beggar kept saying, "I am the same man!")


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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. 


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  John 9:1-9 from a Bible written in your language.)

a (an)
all
along
am (to be)
and
answered (to answer)
as
asked (to ask)
assigned (to assign)
back
be (to be)
because
been
before
beggar
birth
blind
born (to be born)
but
by
came (to come)
carry (to carry)
comes (to come)
could
disciple
each
end
eye
falls (to fall)
from
go (to go)
God
ground
had (to have)
he
here
him
his
I
in
is (to be)
it
Jesus = a man’s name
kept (to keep)
knew (to know)
left (to leave)
light
like (to like)
little (little, littler, littlest)
looks (to look)
made (to make)
man (men)
me
mud
must
neighbor
night
no
not
of
on
one
or
other
others
out
over
own (to own)
parents
pool
power
quickly (quick, quicker, quickest, quickly)
result
said (to say)
saliva
same
saw (to see)
saying (to say)
seen (to see)
sent (to send)
sin
smoothed (to smooth)
so
some
spit
still
surely
task
teacher
that
the
then
there
this
those
time
to
to answer
to ask
to assign
to be
to be born
to carry
to come
to fall
to go
to have
to keep
to know
to leave
to look
to make
to own
to say
to see
to send
to smooth
to tell
to walk
to wash
told (to tell)
us
walking (to walk)
was (to be)
wash (to wash)
washed (to wash)
went (to go)
while
who
why
with
work
world