Joh 9:13-34 | ESV | STEP | They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind .

John 9:13-34

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 ^aNow it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 ^bSo the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not ^cfrom God, ^dfor he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, ^e“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^fthere was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, ^g“He is a prophet.”

18 ^hThe Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 22} did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things ^jbecause they feared the Jews, for ^kthe Jews had already agreed that if anyone should ^lconfess Jesus ^{▼▼Greek him} to be Christ, ⁿhe was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, ^o“He is of age; ask him.”

24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, ^p“Give glory to God. We know that ^qthis man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I ^rwas blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, ^s“I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but ^twe are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^uwe do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is ^van amazing thing! ^wYou do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that ^xGod does not listen to sinners, but ^yif anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 ^zIf this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, ^aa“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they ^abcast him out.