John 9:13–34

¹³They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. ¹⁴Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

¹⁶Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not ⁵keep the Sabbath.”

Others said, ^j“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^kthere was a division among them.

¹⁷They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

He said, ^l“He is a prophet.”

¹⁸But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. ¹⁹And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

²⁰His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; ²¹but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” ²²His parents said these things because ^mthey feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he ⁿwould be put out of the synagogue. ²³Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

²⁴So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, ^o“Give God the glory! ^pWe know that this Man is a sinner.”

²⁵He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

²⁶Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

²⁷He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

²⁸Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. ²⁹We know that God ^qspoke to ^rMoses; as for this fellow, ^swe do not know where He is from.”

³⁰The man answered and said to them, ^t“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! ³¹Now we know that ^uGod does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. ³²Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. ^33vIf this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

³⁴They answered and said to him, ^w“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they ⁶cast him out.