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The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
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We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
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Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
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To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.
Spiritual Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said,
“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36
“Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”
37
Jesus said,
“You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
38
Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
39
Jesus said,
“For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
40
Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”