John 9:24-38

²⁴Once more they called in the man who had been blind, and told him, “Give God the glory! We know this man is a sinner.”

²⁵The man replied, “Whether he's a sinner or not, I don't know. All I know is that I was blind and now I can see.”

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

²⁷The man replied, “I already told you. Weren't you listening? Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples too, do you?”

²⁸They shouted abuse at him, and said, “You're that man's disciple.

²⁹We're disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this person, we don't even know where he comes from.”

³⁰The man answered, “That's incredible! You don't know where he comes from but he opened my eyes.

³¹We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does what he wants.

³²Never before in the whole of history has anyone heard of a man born blind being healed.

³³If this man weren't from God, he could do nothing.”

³⁴“You were born totally sinful, and yet you're trying to lecture us,” they replied. And they threw him out of the synagogue.

³⁵When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he went and found the man, and asked him, “Do you trust in the Son of man?”

³⁶The man replied, “Tell me who he is, sir, so I can put my trust in him.”

³⁷“You've already seen him. He's the one speaking with you now!” Jesus told him.

³⁸“I trust you, Lord!” he said, and he kneeled in worship before Jesus.