²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,^(A) who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out^(B) of the synagogue.^{(C) 23} That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”^(D)

²⁴ A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”^(E) they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”^(F)