John 9:13-34
New American Standard Bible
Controversy over the Man
13 They *brought [a]the man who was previously blind to the Pharisees. 14 (A)Now it was a Sabbath on the day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 (B)Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied mud to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He (C)does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such [b](D)signs?” And (E)there was dissension among them. 17 So they *said (F)again to the man who was blind, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a (G)prophet.”
18 (H)The Jews then did not believe it about him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, 19 and they questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” 20 His parents then answered 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 is of age, he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they (I)were afraid of the [c]Jews; for the Jews (J)had already reached the decision that if anyone confessed Him to be [d]Christ, (K)he was to be excommunicated from the synagogue. 23 It was for this reason that his parents said, “(L)He is of age; ask him.”
24 So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him, “(M)Give glory to God; we know that (N)this man is a sinner.” 25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, 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, “(O)I told you already and you did not (P)listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?” 28 They spoke abusively to him and said, “You are His disciple, but (Q)we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, (R)we do not know where He is from.” 30 The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is the amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes! 31 We know that (S)God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is [e]God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him. 32 [f]Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 33 (T)If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “(U)You were born entirely in sins, and yet you are teaching us?” So they [g](V)put him out.
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John 9:13-34
New King James Version
The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man
13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not [a]keep the Sabbath.”
Others said, (A)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And (B)there was a division among them.
17 They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”
He said, (C)“He is a prophet.”
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because (D)they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he (E)would be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, (F)“Give God the glory! (G)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 know: that though I was blind, 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 listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God (H)spoke to (I)Moses; as for this fellow, (J)we do not know where He is from.”
30 The man answered and said to them, (K)“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31 Now we know that (L)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32 Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33 (M)If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”
34 They answered and said to him, (N)“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they [b]cast him out.
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