John:9:13-34
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So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind .
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Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes .
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So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight .
He told them , “
He put mud on my eyes ,
then I washed ,
and now I can see .”
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Some of the Pharisees began to remark , “
This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath .”
But others were saying , “
How can a sinful man perform such signs ?”
And there was a division among them .
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So they said again to the blind man , “
What do you say about him ,
for it was your eyes he opened ?”
He said , “
He is a prophet .”
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The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had been given sight until they summoned his parents
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and asked them , “
Is this your son ,
the one you say was born blind ?
How does he now see ?”
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His parents replied , “
We know that this is our son and that he was born blind .
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But we don '
t know how it is that he now sees ,
and we don '
t know who opened his eyes .
Ask him .
He is of age and can speak for himself .”
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His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews .
For the Jews had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ would be thrown out of the synagogue .
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s why his parents said , “
He is of age .
Ask him .”
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So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him , “
Give glory to God !
We know that this man is a sinner .”
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But he responded , “
I don '
t know whether he is a sinner or not .
The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see !”
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Then they said to him , “
What did he do to you ?
How did he open your eyes ?”
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He answered them , “
I '
ve already told you ,
but you didn '
t listen .
Why do you want to hear it again ?
You don '
t want to become his disciples ,
too ,
do you ?”
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At this ,
they turned on him furiously and said , “
You are his disciple ,
but we are disciples of Moses !
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We know that God has spoken to Moses ,
but we do not know where this fellow comes from .”
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The man answered them , “
This is an amazing thing !
You don '
t know where he comes from ,
yet he opened my eyes .
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We know that God doesn '
t listen to sinners ,
but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will .
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Never since creation has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man who was born blind .
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If this man were not from God ,
he couldn '
t do anything like that .”
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They said to him , “
You were born entirely in sins ,
and you are trying to instruct us ?”
And they threw him out .
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