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but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old
enough to speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid
of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the
Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue. 23 That’s why they said, “He
is old enough. Ask him.”
24 So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and
told him, “God should get the glory for this,* because we know this man
Jesus is a sinner.”
25 “I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this:
I was blind, and now I can see!”
26 “But what did he do?” they asked. “How did he heal you?”
27 “Look!” the man exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why
do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?”
28 Then they cursed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples
of Moses! 29 We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where
this man comes from.”
30 “Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet
you don’t know where he comes from? 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to
sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. 32 Ever
since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born
blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he couldn’t have done it.”
34 “You were born a total sinner!” they answered. “Are you trying to teach
us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
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Spiritual Blindness
35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do
you believe in the Son of Man?*”
36 The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.”
37 “You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”
38 “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 Then Jesus told him,* “I entered this world to render judgment—to give
sight to the blind and to show those who think they see* that they are blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are
you saying we’re blind?”
41 “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you re
main guilty because you claim you can see.
The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
“I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold,
rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a rob
ber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice
and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 After
he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him
because they know his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run
from him because they don’t know his voice.”
6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he
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9:24 Or Give glory to God, not to Jesus; Greek reads Give glory to God. 9:35 Some manuscripts
read the Son of God? “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. 9:38‑39a Some manu
scripts do not include “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus. Then Jesus told him.
9:39b Greek those who see.
