9 Characters: Jesus, disciple, Pharisee, blindman, mother and father of the blindman, neighbor, townsfolk, narrator.

Narrator: The Old Testament predicted that when the Messiah, God’s Son, would come to earth, he would heal the sick and the blind. Our story begins with Jesus walking along with one of his disciples. Listen to what happens next.

Blindman: (sitting down and begging) Money, money, I need money!

Disciple: Jesus, why is this man blind? Did his sin, or his parent’s sin, cause this?

Jesus: No, he was born blind so that God can work a miracle in his life. Then he and others will believe and follow me.

Narrator: So Jesus spat on the ground and made mud, then put it on the man’s eyes.

Jesus: (to the blindman) Go wash your eyes in the Pool of Siloam.

(blindman goes and washes his eyes)

Blindman: (joyfully jumping up and down) Praise God, I can see, I can see!

Neighbor: Isn’t this the guy who was blind and begged for money?

Townsfolk: No, it just looks like him!

Blindman: No, it IS me! LOOK, I can see!

Townsfolk: How can you see?

Blindman: (excitedly) A man named Jesus spit on the ground and made mud. Then he put it on my eyes and told me to wash it off in the Pool of Siloam. So I did what he told me to do and I CAN SEE!

Townsfolk: Where is this man named Jesus?

Blindman: How should I know? I went to wash my eyes like he told me to.

Narrator: Then the towns people brought the man to the Pharisees, the people that are in charge of the Synagogue. They brought him to the Pharisees because Jesus had made the mud and opened the man's eyes on the Sabbath. You see the Pharisees didn’t want Jesus doing good works on the Sabbath because they considered it to be working, and a good Jew wasn’t suppose to work on the Sabbath. However, healing someone on the Sabbath wasn’t work at all; it was a blessing for the blindman.

Pharisee: How can you see?

Blindman: Jesus put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see!

Pharisee: Jesus can’t be from God because he worked on the Sabbath!

Neighbor: But how can a sinner do such an amazing miracle?

Narrator: So they didn’t know what to think and argued with one another.

Pharisee: (to the blindman) What do you have to say about Jesus?

Blindman: He was sent from God. He must be a prophet!

Narrator: The Jews still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, so they sent for the man's parents.

Pharisee: (to the parents) Is this your son? Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?

Father: He is our son and he was born blind. But how he can see now, we don't know.

Mother: Ask him. He’s old enough to speak for himself.

Narrator: His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for already the Jews had decided that anyone who believed that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the Synagogue.

Pharisee: (angrily to the blindman) Tell the truth! We know Jesus is a sinner!

Blindman: (to the Pharisees) Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. If this man were not from God he could do nothing! One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!

Narrator: This made the Pharisees so mad that they threw the man out of the Synagogue. But, when Jesus heard that they had thrown him out he went to find him.

Jesus: (to the blindman) Do you believe in the Messiah, the Son of God?

Blindman: (to Jesus) Who is he so that I can believe?

Jesus: You’re looking at him, it is me!

Blindman: (bows down and worships at Jesus’ feet) Lord, I believe!

Narrator: Jesus said, "...I have come to earth, so that the blind will see..." 

-- The End --

Conclusion: There is something much worst than being physically blind, and that is spiritual blindness. When people are spiritually blind they do not believe in Jesus or obey him. Nor will they go to heaven when they die. But when people trust in Jesus to save them, they are given "spiritual eyes" to see God’s will for their lives. They are able to see and understand things about the world and about God that other people do not see and understand. Psalm 119:18 says, "Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law." We must ask God to save us and to help us to understand his ways more clearly. The good news is that God promises spiritual sight to those that ask for it!

Memory Verse

"Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law." Psalm 119:18