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31 We know that God doesn’t listen to[a] sinners, but if anyone is devout[b] and does his will, God[c] listens to[d] him.[e] 32 Never before[f] has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.[g] 33 If this man[h] were not from God, he could do nothing.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 9:31 tn Grk “God does not hear.”
  2. John 9:31 tn Or “godly.”
  3. John 9:31 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. John 9:31 tn Or “hears.”
  5. John 9:31 tn Grk “this one.”
  6. John 9:32 tn Or “Never from the beginning of time,” Grk “From eternity.”
  7. John 9:32 tn Grk “someone opening the eyes of a man born blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
  8. John 9:33 tn Grk “this one.”