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So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, "Give glory^(t) to God.^[d](u) We know that this man is a sinner!"

He answered, "Whether or not He's a sinner, I don't know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!"

Then they asked him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"

"I already told you," he said, "and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become His disciples too, do you?"

They ridiculed him: "You're that man's disciple, but we're Moses'^(v) disciples.

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don't know where He's from!"^(w)

"This is an amazing thing," the man told them. "You don't know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners,^(x) but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will,^(y) He listens to him.^(z)

Throughout history^[e] no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.^(aa)

If this man were not from God, He wouldn't be able to do anything."^(ab)

"You were born entirely in sin,"^(ac) they replied, "and are you trying to teach us?" Then they threw him out.^[f](ad)

When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" ^[g](ae)

"Who is He, Sir,^(af) that I may believe in Him?" he asked.

Jesus answered, "You have seen Him; in fact, He is the One speaking with you."

"I believe, Lord!" he said, and he worshiped Him.

Jesus said, "I came into this world^(ag) for judgment,^(ah) in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind." ^(ai)

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, "We aren't blind too, are we?"

"If you were blind," Jesus told them, "you wouldn't have sin. ^[h](aj) But now that you say, ‘We see'—your sin remains.