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So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied, "He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see."

So again they asked the man who used to be blind, "What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?" "He is a prophet," the man replied.

Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself."

He replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing—that although I was blind, now I can see."

Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?"

The man replied, "This is a remarkable thing, that you don't know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

Others said, "These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?"

He asked, "Where have you laid him?" They replied, "Lord, come and see."

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

Jesus responded, "Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?"

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!"

So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

" He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them ."

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.