15. So Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. The man told them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see."
16. Some Pharisees said, "This man isn’t from God, because he breaks the Sabbath law." Others said, "How can a sinner do miraculous signs like these?" So they were divided.
17. Some of the Pharisees questioned the man who had been born blind again: "What do you have to say about him, since he healed your eyes?" He replied, "He’s a prophet."
18. The Jewish leaders didn’t believe the man had been blind and received his sight until they called for his parents.
19. The Jewish leaders asked them, "Is this your son? Are you saying he was born blind? How can he now see?"
20. His parents answered, "We know he is our son. We know he was born blind.
21. But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who healed his eyes. Ask him. He’s old enough to speak for himself."
22. His parents said this because they feared the Jewish authorities. This is because the Jewish authorities had already decided that whoever confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be expelled from the synagogue.
23. That’s why his parents said, "He’s old enough. Ask him."
24. Therefore, they called a second time for the man who had been born blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know this man is a sinner."
25. The man answered, "I don’t know whether he’s a sinner. Here’s what I do know: I was blind and now I see."
26. They questioned him: "What did he do to you? How did he heal your eyes?"