¹³ Then they brought to the Pharisees the man who a little before had been blind. ¹⁴ For it was the Sabbath day when Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see. ¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not of God, because he does not keep the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man who is a sinner do such miracles? And there was disagreement among them. ¹⁷ Then they spoke to the blind man again: What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

¹⁸ But the Jews did not believe concerning the fellow, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the father and mother of him who had received his sight. ¹⁹ And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?

²⁰ His father and mother answered them and said, We know well that this is our son and that he was born blind. ²¹ But by what means he now sees, that we do not know. Or who has opened his eyes, we do not know. He is old enough; ask him. Let him answer for himself.

²² His father and mother spoke such words because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had decided already that if anyone confessed that Jesus was the Christ, he would be excommunicated out of the synagogue. ²³ Therefore his father and mother said, He is old enough; ask him.

²⁴ Then again they called the man who had been blind and said to him, Give God the praise. We know that this man is a sinner.

²⁵ He answered and said, Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know. One thing I am sure of: I was blind, and now I see.

²⁶ Then they said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?

²⁷ He answered them, I told you already, and you did not hear. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to be his disciples?

²⁸ Then they berated him and said, You are his disciple. We are Moses’ disciples. ²⁹ We are sure that God spoke with Moses. This fellow, we do not know where he is from.

³⁰ The man answered and said to them, This is a marvellous thing, that you do not where he is from, seeing he has opened my eyes. ³¹ For we are sure that God does not hear sinners. But if anyone is a worshipper of God and does his will, him he hears. ³² Since the world began it has never been heard that any man opened the eyes of someone that was born blind. ³³ If this man were not of God, he could have done nothing.

³⁴ They answered and said to him, You are altogether born in sin, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.