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They brought the man who was previously blind to the Pharisees.

They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

Now it was a Sabbath on the day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, "He applied mud to my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, "This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was dissension among them.

Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

So they said again to the man who was blind, "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."

They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

The Jews then did not believe it about him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

and they questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

His parents then answered and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself."

But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already reached the decision that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be excommunicated from the synagogue.

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

It was for this reason that his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."

Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give glory to God; we know that this Man is a sinner."

Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

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."

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

So they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"

Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?"

He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

They spoke abusively to him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

"We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this Man, we do not know where He is from."

We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

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!

The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

"We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

"Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

"If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing."

If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and yet you are teaching us?" So they put him out.

They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.