Now standing there were six stone water jars used for the Jewish rites of purification, each one holding from two to three measures.

Then the neighbors and those who had previously seen him as a beggar said, "This is the man who used to sit and beg, isn't it?"

But he responded, "I don't know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!"

Jesus used this illustration with them, but they didn't understand what he was saying to them.