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Berean Standard Bible

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

John 9:2

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Jesus and his disciples pass a man who had been blind from birth. In the ancient world, many assumed that such suffering was a direct result of someone's sin.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

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

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and his disciples asked him, saying, 'Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y preguntáronle sus discípulos, diciendo: Rabbí, ¿quién pecó, éste ó sus padres, para que naciese ciego?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Y sus discípulos le preguntaron: ―Maestro, ¿este hombre nació ciego por culpa de su pecado o por el pecado de sus padres?

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