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They bring to the Pharisees him who had once been blind .
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And the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the sabbath .
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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight .
He said to them ,
He put clay on my eyes ,
and I washed them ,
and I see .
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Therefore some of the Pharisees said ,
This man is not from God ,
because he keepeth not the sabbath .
Others said ,
How can a man that is a sinner do such signs .
And there was a division among them .
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They say therefore to the blind man again ,
What dost thou say of him for having opened thine eyes ?
And he said ,
He is a prophet .
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The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him ,
that he had been blind ,
and received his sight ,
until they called the parents of him that had received his sight .
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And they asked them ,
saying ,
Is this your son ,
who ye say was born blind ?
How then doth he now see ?
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His parents ,
answered and said ,
We know that this is our son ,
and that he was born blind ;
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but by what means he now seeth ,
we know not ;
or who opened his eyes ,
we know not ;
ask him ,
he is of age ;
he will speak for himself .
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This his parents said ,
because they feared the Jews .
For the Jews had already agreed ,
that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ ,
he should be put out of the synagogue .
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Therefore his parents said ,
He is of age ;
ask him .
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They therefore called a second time the man that had been blind ,
and said to him ,
Give glory to God ;
we know that this man is a sinner .
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He therefore answered ,
Whether he is a sinner ,
I know not ;
one thing I know ,
that ,
whereas I was blind ,
now I see .
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They said to him ,
What did he do to thee ?
How did he open thine eyes ?
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He answered them ,
I have already told you ,
and ye did not hear ;
why would ye hear it again ?
Are ye also inclined to become his disciples ?
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They reviled him ,
and said ,
Thou art his disciple ;
but we are disciples of Moses .
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We know that God hath spoken to Moses ;
but as for this man ,
we know not whence he is .
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The man answered and said to them ,
Why ,
herein is a marvelous thing ,
that ye know not whence he is ,
and yet he opened my eyes .
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We know that God heareth not sinners ;
but if any one is a worshipper of God ,
and doeth his will ,
him he heareth .
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Since the world began ,
it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind .
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If this man were not from God ,
he could do nothing .
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They answered and said to him ,
Thou wast wholly born in sins ,
and dost thou teach us ?
And they cast him out .