John 9:24–34

²⁴So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory^j to God.^k We know that this man is a sinner.”

²⁵He answered, “Whether or not he’s a sinner, I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!”

²⁶Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

²⁷“I already told you,” he said, “and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”

²⁸They ridiculed him: “You’re that man’s disciple, but we’re Moses’s^l disciples. ²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don’t know where he’s from.”^m

³⁰“This is an amazing thing!” the man told them. “You don’t know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners,ⁿ but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will,^o he listens to him.^{p 32}Throughout history^A no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.^{q 33}If this man were not from God, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.”^r

³⁴“You were born entirely in sin,”^s they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.^t