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John 9:6

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed it with dirt to make mud, then he put that mud right on the blind man's eyes.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes God works in the most unexpected ways — even through something as simple as mud.

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