22. His parents said this because they were afraid of the Judean leaders. For the Judean leaders had already agreed that anyone who professed Yeshua to be Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.
23. That’s why his parents said, “He’s old enough—ask him.”
24. So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!”
25. The man replied, “I don’t know whether He’s a sinner. One thing I do know is that I was blind, but now I see!”
26. So they asked him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27. “I told you already and you didn’t listen!” the man responded. “What, do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples too, do you?”
28. They railed at him and said, “You’re a disciple of that One, but we’re disciples of Moses!
29. We know that God has spoken to Moses; but as for this fellow, we don’t know where He is from.”
30. The man replied to them, “That’s amazing! You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!
31. We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners; but if anyone fears Him and does His will, He hears this one.
32. Since the beginning of the world, no one has ever heard that anyone has opened the eyes of a man born blind.
33. If this man were not from God, He couldn’t do anything.”
34. They replied to him, “You were born completely in sin, and you’re teaching us?” And they threw him out.
35. Yeshua heard that they had thrown him out. Finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36. The man answered, “Who is He, Sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in Him!”
37. Yeshua said, “You have seen Him—He is the One speaking with you.”
38. He said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
39. Yeshua said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who don’t see may see, and the ones who do see may become blind.”
40. Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard Him say this and asked, “We’re not blind too, are we?”
41. Yeshua said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ So your sin remains.”