John 9:18-41

English Standard Version

^18 (A)The Jews^[a] did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight ¹⁹ and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” ²⁰ His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. ²¹ But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” ²² (His parents said these things ^(B)because they feared the Jews, for ^(C)the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should ^(D)confess Jesus^[b] to be Christ, ^(E)he was to be put out of the synagogue.) ²³ Therefore his parents said, ^(F)“He is of age; ask him.”

²⁴ So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, ^(G)“Give glory to God. We know that ^(H)this man is a sinner.” ²⁵ He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I ^(I)was blind, now I see.” ²⁶ They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” ²⁷ He answered them, ^(J)“I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” ²⁸ And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but ^(K)we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^(L)we do not know where he comes from.” ³⁰ The man answered, “Why, this is ^(M)an amazing thing! ^(N)You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that ^(O)God does not listen to sinners, but ^(P)if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. ³² Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. ^33 (Q)If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” ³⁴ They answered him, ^(R)“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they ^(S)cast him out.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in ^(T)the Son of Man?”^{[c] 36} He answered, ^(U)“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” ³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and ^(V)it is he who is speaking to you.” ³⁸ He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. ³⁹ Jesus said, ^(W)“For judgment I came into this world, ^(X)that those who do not see may see, and ^(Y)those who see may become blind.” ⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(Z)“Are we also blind?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^(AA)you would have no guilt;^[d] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.