John 9:29-41

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?”

⁴¹Jesus said to them, “If you realized that you did not yet know God's truth, but you wanted to, then you would be like blind people who wanted to see. God would be able to forgive your sins. But you are now falsely claiming that you know God's truth, so you are like people who are blind who claim that they can see. Because of that, God is not able to forgive your sins.”