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He answered them, "1I told you already and you did not 2listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciplestoo, do you?"
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They reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but 3we are disciples of Moses.
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"We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for thisman, 4we do not knowwhere He is from."
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The mananswered and said to them, "Well, here* is an amazingthing, that you do not knowwhere He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
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"We know that 5God does not hearsinners; but ifanyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.
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"Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyoneopened the eyes of a personbornblind.
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"6Ifthisman were not from God, He coulddonothing*."
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They answered him, "7You were bornentirely in sins, and are you teaching us?" So they 8put him out.
Jesus Affirms His Deity
35Jesusheard that they had 9put him out, and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the 10Son of Man?"
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He answered, "11Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?"
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Jesussaid to him, "You have bothseen Him, and 12He is the one who is talking with you."