John 9:18-40

¹⁸The Jewish leaders SYN still did not believe that the man was blind when he was born, and that he was now able to see. So they sent someone to bring the man's parents.

¹⁹When they got there, one of the Jewish leaders asked them, “Is that man your son? Do you say that he was blind when he was born? If that is true, how is he now able to see?”

²⁰His parents replied, “We know that he is our son. We know that he was blind when he was born.

²¹But we do not know how he is able to see now. We also do not know who enabled him to see. Ask our son! He is old enough to answer questions from authorities like you He can tell you himself!”

²²The Jewish leaders SYN had previously declared that they would prevent anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah from entering their synagogues. His parents knew that, so they were afraid of the Jewish leaders SYN.

²³That is the reason that they said, “He is old enough to answer questions, so ask him!”

²⁴So they sent someone to bring back to them the man who had been blind. When he got there, the Jewish leaders said to him, “Knowing that God is listening IDM, tell the truth! We know that the man who healed you is a sinner.”

²⁵He replied, “I do not know if he is a sinner or not. But one thing I do know is that I was blind, but now I can see!”

²⁶So they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he enable you to see?”

²⁷He replied, “I told you that already, but you did not RHQ pay attention! Why do you want to hear me tell you again? ◄Do you also want to become his disciples?/You talk as though IRO you also want to become his disciples RHQ►.”

²⁸Then they insulted him angrily. They said, “You are that man's disciple, but we are Moses' disciples!

²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses; but this man, we do not know where he is from or where he gets any authority from!”

³⁰The man replied, “That is very surprising! You say that you do not know where he gets any authority. But he enabled me to see!

³¹We know that God does not help sinners who ask God to help them. Instead, he listens to and helps godly people who pray. He listens to people who do what God wants.

³²No one has ever enabled a man to see who was blind when he was born like I was. That has never happened since the world began!

³³So if this man had not come from God, he would not be able to do anything like that!”

³⁴They replied to him, “You ◄were born as a result of your parents' sin EUP/bastard►! ◄Do you think you are qualified to teach us?/You are not qualified to teach us!► RHQ” Then they threw him out of the synagogue.

³⁵Jesus heard people say that they had thrown that man out. He found the man and said to him, “Do you believe that the one who came down from heaven is the Messiah?”

³⁶The man answered, “Sir, who is he? Tell me, in order that I may believe in him.”

³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have seen him. In fact, it is I, the one who am speaking to you.”

³⁸The man said, “Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah!” Then he knelt down before Jesus and worshipped him.

³⁹Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge the people in the world. The result will be that those who realize that they do not know God's truth will perceive it. That is like MET enabling those who are blind to see. But the result will also be that people who falsely think IRO that they understand God's truth will never understand it. That is like MET people who are blind remaining blind permanently.”

⁴⁰Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard him say that, and said to him, “You are not suggesting that we are like blind people, are you?”