John 9:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?

American Standard Version (1901)

² And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?

Common English Bible

² Jesus’ disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned so that he was born blind, this man or his parents?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?

John 9:2 Cross References

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me

Matthew 16:14

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 23:7

and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to have people call them rabbi.

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.

Luke 13:2

He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?

John 4:31

Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

John 9:1

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.

John 9:34

They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man must be a murderer; though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”