John 9:3 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³ Jesus answered, "Neither this [man] nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God should be manifest in him.

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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

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive sight, and the lame[ ]walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf[ ]hear; the dead[ ]are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

John 11:4

And when Jesus heard, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

John 11:40

Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"

Acts 28:4

And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Certainly this man is a murderer, whom though he was rescued from the sea, justice does not permit to continue living."

Acts 4:21

So having threatened them further, they released them, finding no way of punishing them, on account of the people, because they all were glorifying God over that which had occurred.

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and believe the love which God has in us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:9

By this the love of God is manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, in order that we might live through Him.