John 9:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁵ So, he answered, “I do not know if he is a sinner or not. But one thing I do know; I used to be blind, but now I can see.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Then he answered, I do not know whether He is a sinner and wicked or not. But one thing I do know, that whereas I was blind before, now I see.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

Common English Bible

²⁵ The man answered, “I don’t know whether he’s a sinner. Here’s what I do know: I was blind and now I see.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And so he said to them: "If he is a sinner, I do not know it. One thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I see."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ He said therefore to them: If he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see.

John 9:25 Cross References

John 5:11

But he replied to them, “The same man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your cot and walk.’”

John 9:24

So, they called the [former] blind man a second time, and said to him, “Give honor to God [Note: In Jewish idiom this phrase meant “tell the truth.” See Josh. 7:19]; we know this man is a sinner.”

John 9:26

The Pharisees said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he restore your sight?”

John 9:30

The man replied, “Is not that strange! You do not know where he came from and yet he restored my sight! [Note: The next sentence may be the beggar stating the Pharisees’ argument. See verse 24].

1 John 5:10

The person who [sincerely] believes in God’s Son has the evidence [of it] within his heart, [confirming God’s testimony]. The person who does not believe God [i.e., what He says about Jesus], accuses Him of lying, because he has not accepted the [irrefutable] testimony of God concerning [the identity and mission of] His Son.