John 9:13-34 - The Reaction Of The Pharisees To The Healing

¹³ They lead him to the Pharisees, him formerly blind. ¹⁴ And it was the Sabbath on the day on which Jesus made mortar, and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he looked up. And he said to them, He placed the mortar on my eyes, and I washed, and see.

¹⁶ Then certain ones of the Pharisees said, This man is not with God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is a wicked man able to do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

¹⁷ Then they again say to the blind man, What do you say concerning Him, because He opened your eyes? And he said that, He is a prophet.

¹⁸ Then the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind, and looked up, until they called the parents of him that looked up,

¹⁹ and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see?

²⁰ Then his parents responded and said; We know that he is our son, and that he was born blind: ²¹ but how he now sees, we know not; nor who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he has majority; he will speak for himself. ²² And his parents said these things, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already stipulated, that if any one should confess Him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. ²³ Therefore his parents said that, He has majority, ask him.

²⁴ Then they asked the man the second time who was blind, and said to him, Give God the glory: we know that this man is a sinner.

²⁵ Then he responded, If He is a sinner, I know not: one thing I do know, that being blind I now see.

²⁶ Then they said to him, What did He to you? how did He open your eyes?

²⁷ He responded to them, I told you already, and you did not hearken: why do you wish to hear again? whether do you wish to become His disciples?

²⁸ They railed on him, and said, You are His disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses: ²⁹ we know that God spoke to Moses: but we do not know this One, whence He is.

³⁰ The man responded and said to them; For in this it is wonderful, that you do not know whence He is, He truly opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God hears not sinners: but if any one may be a worshiper of God, and do His will, He hears him. ³² It was never heard of from the beginning that any one opened the eyes of a man who was born blind: ³³ if He were not with God, He would not be able to do anything.

³⁴ They responded and said to him, Thou art altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.