²⁴ So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him, “^(A)Give glory to God; we know that ^(B)this man is a sinner.” ²⁵ He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” ²⁶ So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” ²⁷ He answered them, “^(C)I told you already and you did not ^(D)listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?” ²⁸ They spoke abusively to him and said, “You are His disciple, but ^(E)we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^(F)we do not know where He is from.” ³⁰ The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is the amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes! ³¹ We know that ^(G)God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is ^[a]God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him. ^32 [b]Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. ^33 (H)If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.” ³⁴ They answered him, “^(I)You were born entirely in sins, and yet you are teaching us?” So they ^[c](J)put him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had ^[d](K)put him out, and upon finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the ^(L)Son of Man?” ³⁶ He answered ^[e]by saying, “And ^(M)who is He, ^[f]Sir, that I may believe in Him?” ³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and ^(N)He is the one who is talking with you.” ³⁸ And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he ^(O)worshiped Him. ³⁹ And Jesus said, “^(P)For judgment I came into this world, so that ^(Q)those who do not see may see, and ^(R)those who see may become blind.” ⁴⁰ Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him, “^(S)We are not blind too, are we?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “^(T)If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘^(U)We see,’ your sin remains.