⁴⁷ “You mean he has deceived you also?”^(A) the Pharisees retorted.

¹² Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”^(A)

⁸ through glory and dishonor,^(A) bad report^(B) and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;^(C)

²⁷ He answered, “I have told you already^(A) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

²⁸ Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!^{(B) 29} We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”^(C)

³⁰ The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.^{(D) 32} Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God,^(E) he could do nothing.”

³⁴ To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;^(F) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.^(G)

⁶³ “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’^(A)

³² until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life^(A) and not death!

“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’

²⁹ This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive^(A) you. He cannot deliver you from my hand.