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But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
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Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.
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His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
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The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
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Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
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Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
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They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents.
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“Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
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“We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind.
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A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”
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He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
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Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
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Spiritual Blindness
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
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Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
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Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”
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Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.
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But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
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“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.”
