John 9:24–34

²⁴A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”^m they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”ⁿ

²⁵He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

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

²⁷He answered, “I have told you already^o and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

²⁸Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!^{p 29}We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”^q

³⁰The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.^{r 32}Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³If this man were not from God,^s he could do nothing.”

³⁴To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;^t how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.^u