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and said, "Go, wash at the Pool of Siloam" (Siloam means "Sent"). The man went and washed - and saw.
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Soon the town was buzzing. His relatives and those who year after year had seen him as a blind man begging were saying, "Why, isn't this the man we knew, who sat here and begged?"
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Others said, "It's him all right!" But others objected, "It's not the same man at all. It just looks like him." He said, "It's me, the very one."
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They said, "How did your eyes get opened?"
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"A man named Jesus made a paste and rubbed it on my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' I did what he said. When I washed, I saw."
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"So where is he?" "I don't know."
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They marched the man to the Pharisees.
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This day when Jesus made the paste and healed his blindness was the Sabbath.
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The Pharisees grilled him again on how he had come to see. He said, "He put a clay paste on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see."
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Some of the Pharisees said, "Obviously, this man can't be from God. He doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others countered, "How can a bad man do miraculous, God-revealing things like this?" There was a split in their ranks.
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They came back at the blind man, "You're the expert. He opened your eyes. What do you say about him?" He said, "He is a prophet."