7. Then he told the man, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam.” (Siloam means Sent.) So the man went to the pool. He washed and came back. And he was able to see.
8. Some people had seen this man begging before. They and the man’s neighbors said, “Look! Is this the same man who always sits and begs?”
9. Some said, “Yes! He is the one.” But others said, “No, he’s not the same man. He only looks like him.”So the man himself said, “I am the man.”
10. They asked, “What happened? How did you get your sight?”
11. He answered, “The man named Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and came back seeing.”
12. They asked him, “Where is this man?”The man answered, “I don’t know.”
13. Then the people took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14. The day Jesus had made mud and healed his eyes was a Sabbath day.
15. So now the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?”He answered, “He put mud on my eyes. I washed, and now I can see.”
16. Some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man does not keep the Sabbath day. He is not from God!”Others said, “But a man who is a sinner can’t do miracles like these.” So they could not agree with each other.
17. They asked the man again, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”The man answered, “He is a prophet.”
18. The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the man’s parents
19. and asked them, “Is this your son? You say that he was born blind. Then how does he see now?”
20. His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and we know that he was born blind.
21. But we don’t know how he can see now. We don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to answer for himself.”
22. His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. The Jews had already decided that anyone who said that Jesus was the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
23. That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24. So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, “You should give God the glory by telling the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”