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They answered, "You were born and brought up in sin - and you are trying to teach us?" And they expelled him from the synagogue.
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When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
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The man answered, "Tell me who he is, sir, so that I can believe in him!"
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Jesus said to him, "You have already seen him, and he is the one who is talking with you now."
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"I believe, Lord!" the man said, and knelt down before Jesus.
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Jesus said, "I came to this world to judge, so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind."
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Some Pharisees who were there with him heard him say this and asked him, "Surely you don't mean that we are blind, too?"
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Jesus answered, "If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still guilty."