John 9:13-34

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

The Pharisees Were Divided Over This Sign, Because It Was Done On a Sabbath

¹³ They bring him to the Pharisees— the formerly blind one. ¹⁴ Now it was a Sabbath on the day Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Therefore the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received-sight. And the one said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see”. ¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath”. But others were saying, “How is a sinful man able to do such signs?” And there was a division among them. ¹⁷ So they say to the blind one again, “What do you say about Him, seeing-that He opened your eyes?” And the one said that “He is a prophet”.

The Pharisees Question Whether He Was Blind, And Call In The Parents

¹⁸ Then the Jews did not believe concerning him that he was blind and received-sight— until they called the parents of him having received-sight. ¹⁹ And they asked them, saying “Is this your son whom you are saying that he was born blind? How then does he see now?” ²⁰ So his parents responded and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. ²¹ But how he now sees— we do not know. Or who opened his eyes— we do not know. Ask him. He has a mature-age. He will speak about himself ”. ²² His parents said these things because they were fearing the Jews. For the Jews already had agreed that if anyone confessed Him as the Christ, he should become put-out-of-the-synagogue. ²³ For this reason his parents said that “He has a mature-age, question him”.

They Don’t Want To Believe Jesus Did It, So They Question The Man Again

²⁴ Then they called for a second time the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner”. ²⁵ So that one responded, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know. I know one thing— that being a blind one, now I see”. ²⁶ So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” ²⁷ He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You also do not want to become His disciples, do you?” ²⁸ And they reviled him and said, “You are a disciple of that One, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses. But we do not know where this One is from”. ³⁰ The man responded and said to them, “Why, in this is^[a] the marvel^[b]— that you do not know where He is from, and He opened my eyes! ³¹ We know that God does not hear^[c] sinners. But if anyone is a God-fearing one, and is doing His will— He hears this one. ³² It was not ever heard that someone opened the eyes of one having been born blind. ³³ If this One were not from God, He would be able to do nothing”. ³⁴ They responded and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and you are teaching us?” And they threw him outside^[d].