²⁵ He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

²⁶ Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

²⁷ He answered, “I have told you already^(A) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

²⁸ Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!^{(B) 29} We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”^(C)

³⁰ The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.^{(D) 32} Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God,^(E) he could do nothing.”

³⁴ To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;^(F) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.^(G)

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe^(H) in the Son of Man?”^(I)

³⁶ “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”^(J)

³⁷ Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”^(K)

³⁸ Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.^(L)