Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God because He
keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner
do such miracles? And there was a division among them. Then they said
to the blind man again, what sayest thou of He that hath opened thine
eyes? He said, He is a prophet. But the Jews did not believe that he had
been blind and received his sight until they called his parents. And they
asked them, Is this your son who ye say was born blind? How then doth he
see? His parents answered them, We know that this is our son and that
he was born blind, but by what means he now seeth, we know not. Or who
hath opened his eyes, we know not. He is of age. Ask him. He shall speak
for himself. These words spoke his parents because they feared the Jews,
for the Jews had agreed that, if any man said that He was the Christ,
that man should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents,
Our son is of age; ask him.
They called the man that was blind once again, and said unto him, Give
God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. He answered and said,
Whether He be a sinner I know not. One thing I know, that, whereas I
was blind, now I see. Then said they to him again, What did He do to
thee? How opened He thine eyes? He answered them, I have told you already
and ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear it again? Will ye also be
His disciples? Then they reviled him and said, Thou art His disciple;
but we are Moses' disciples. We know that God spoke to Moses. As for
this one, we know not from whence He comes.
The man answered and said unto them, Why here is a marvellous thing, that
ye know not from whence He is come, and yet He hath opened my eyes. Now we
know that God heareth not sinners. But if any man be a worshipper of God,
and doeth His will, him He heareth. Since the world began was it ever
heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind? If this
man were not of God He could do nothing. They answered and said unto him,
Thou wast born in sin. Dost thou dare teach us? And they cast him out.
Jesus heard that they had cast him out. When He found him He said unto
him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is
He, Lord, that I might believe on Him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou
hast both seen Him and it is He that talketh with thee. And he said,
Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him. Then Jesus said, For judgment
I am come into this world that they which see not might see; and they
which see might be made blind. Some of the Pharisees who were with Him
heard these words and said unto Him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto
them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see;
therefore your sin remaineth.
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