John 9:13–25

The Healed Man’s Testimony

¹³They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees. ^k14The day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath. ^l15So again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight.

“He put mud on my eyes,” he told them. “I washed and I can see.”

¹⁶Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, ^mfor He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man ⁿperform such signs?” And there was a division ^oamong them.

¹⁷Again they asked the blind man, ^p“What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”

“He’s a prophet,” ^qhe said.

¹⁸The Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.

¹⁹They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

²⁰“We know this is our son and that he was born blind,” his parents answered. ²¹“But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he’s of age. He will speak for himself.” ²²His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah, ^rhe would be banned from the synagogue. ²³This is why his parents said, “He’s of age; ask him.”

²⁴So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory ^sto God. ^tuWe 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!”