The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

The man replied, "Is not that strange! You do not know where he came from and yet he restored my sight! [Note: The next sentence may be the beggar stating the Pharisees' argument. See verse 24].

They replied to the beggar, "You were born entirely in sins [i.e., you have been a sinner all your life], and you are [trying] to teach us?" Then they threw him out [of the synagogue. See verse 22].

[When] Jesus heard that they had thrown the beggar out, He found him and asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of man?"