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The Jews 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
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and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
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His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself."
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His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus a to be the Messiah b would be put out of the synagogue.
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Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."
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