New Testament in a Year

²⁴ So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind. They told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

²⁵ He answered, “I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.”

²⁶ Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

²⁷ He answered, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”

²⁸ They ridiculed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we do not know where he comes from.”

³⁰ “That’s amazing!” the man answered. “You do not know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners. But he does listen to anyone who worships God and does his will. ³² From the beginning of time, no one has ever heard of anyone opening the eyes of someone born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

³⁴ They answered him, “You were entirely born in sinfulness! Yet you presume to teach us?” And they threw him out.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. When he found him, he asked, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”^[a]

³⁶ “Who is he, sir,” the man replied, “that I may believe in him?”

³⁷ Jesus answered, “You have seen him, and he is the very one who is speaking with you.”

³⁸ Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” and he knelt down and worshipped him.

³⁹ Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, in order that those who do not see will see, and those who do see will become blind.”

⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, “We are not blind too, are we?”

⁴¹ Jesus told them, “If you were blind, you would not hold on to sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.”