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

¹³ They took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. ¹⁴ Now it was on the Sabbath when Jesus had made the clay and caused the man's eyes to see. ¹⁵ So the Pharisees again asked him how he had come to see. He answered them: "He put some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and so now I can see."

¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a sinful man perform such wonder- works?" So there was a difference of opinion among them.

¹⁷ Then again they asked the blind man, "What do you say about Him yourself, since He has made your eyes to see?" He answered, "He is a prophet."

¹⁸ But the Jews did not believe that he had really been blind and that he had come to see again, until they called the parents of the man who saw again,

¹⁹ and asked them, "Is this your son, and do you affirm that he was born blind? If so, how is it then that he now can see?"

²⁰ His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. ²¹ But we do not know how it is that he now can see, or who it was that made his eyes to see. Ask him; he is of age; he can speak for himself." ²² His parents said this, because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone owned Jesus as the Christ, he should be shut out of the synagogues. ²³ This is why his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."

²⁴ So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know this man is a sinner."

²⁵ Then he answered, "I do not know whether He is a sinner. I do know one thing, that once I was blind but now I can see."

²⁶ Again they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He make your eyes to see again?"

²⁷ He answered them, "I have already told you and you would not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples, do you?"

²⁸ Then they jeered him, and said, "You are a disciple of His yourself, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We do know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

³⁰ The man answered them, "Well, there is something strange about this! You do not know where He comes from! And yet He has made my eyes to see! ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinful men, but He does listen to anyone who worships God and lives to do His will. ³² It has never been heard of in this world that anyone ever made the eyes of a man who was born blind to see. ³³ If this man had not come from God, He could not have done anything like this."

³⁴ Then they retorted, "You were born in total depravity, and yet you are trying to teach us!" And so they turned him out of the synagogue.