Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so the bystanders and those who had seen him before, when he was a beggar, said, “Is this not the one who was sitting and begging?” Some said, “This is he.” "
— John 9:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?”
“The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? ”
“The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"”
“Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?””
“The neighbours, therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he.”
“Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?”
“The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?”
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and he made clay from the spittle, and he smeared the clay over his eyes.
And he said to him: “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated as: one who has been sent). Therefore, he went away and washed, and he returned, seeing.
And so the bystanders and those who had seen him before, when he was a beggar, said, “Is this not the one who was sitting and begging?” Some said, “This is he.”
But others said, “Certainly not, but he is similar to him.” Yet truly, he himself said, “I am he.”
Therefore, they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
He responded: “That man who is called Jesus made clay, and he anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ And I went, and I washed, and I see.”