John 9:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ Jesus answered, “[It was] neither his sin nor his parents’ [sin], but [it happened] so that the deeds of God could be seen in his life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Jesus answered, It was not that this man or his parents sinned, but he was born blind in order that the workings of God should be manifested (displayed and illustrated) in him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

Common English Bible

³ Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents. This happened so that God’s mighty works might be displayed in him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

John 9:3 Cross References

John 11:4

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This illness will not result in [his] death, but was intended to bring honor to God, so that the Son of God would be honored by it.”

John 11:40

Jesus replied to her, “Did I not tell you that you would see God’s glory [i.e., a miraculous resurrection. See verses 22-27] if you believed?”

Matthew 11:5

[how] blind people are receiving back their sight, and crippled people are walking [again], and people with infectious skin diseases are being healed, and deaf-mutes are hearing [and speaking (?) again], and people are being raised [from the dead], and poor people are having the good news preached to them.

Acts 4:21

And when the Council had threatened them some more, they [finally] released them because they could not find any reason to punish them. [Actually] they were worried about how the people felt [about the matter], since everybody was giving honor to God for the miracle that had been performed.

Acts 28:4

And when the natives saw the poisonous creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer because, even though he escaped from the sea, [divine] justice is not going to allow him to live.”

1 John 4:9

Here is the way God’s love for us was demonstrated; He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have [spiritual] life through Him.

1 John 4:16

And we have known [with certainty] and have believed [with assurance] that God has truly loved us. God’s [very nature] is love and the person who [continually] loves [Him and others] lives in [fellowship with] God [continually], and God [continually] lives in that person’s heart.