They asked the man again, “What do you say about him since it was your eyes he opened?”
The man answered, “He is a prophet.”
These leaders did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the man’s parents and asked them, “Is this your son who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. But we don’t know how he can now see. We don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the elders, who had already decided that anyone who said Jesus was the Christ would be avoided. That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, “You should give God the glory by telling the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”
He answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.”
They asked, “What did he do to you? How did he make you see again?”
He answered, “I already told you, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his followers, too?”
Then they insulted him and said, “You are his follower, but we are followers of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
The man answered, “This is a very strange thing. You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he listens to anyone who worships and obeys him. Nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
They answered, “You were born full of sin! Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out.
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, Jesus found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
He asked, “Who is the Son of Man, sir, so that I can believe in him?”
Jesus said to him, “You have seen him. The Son of Man is the one talking with you.”
He said, “Lord, I believe!” Then the man worshiped Jesus.
Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.”
Some of the Pharisees who were nearby heard Jesus say this and asked, “Are you saying we are blind, too?”
Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But since you keep saying you see, your guilt remains.”
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