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The Jewish leaders still refused to believe the man had been blind and could now see, so they called in his parents.
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They asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?”
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His parents replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born blind,
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but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
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His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
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That’s why they said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
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So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, “God should get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”
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“I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!”
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“But what did he do?” they asked. “How did he heal you?”
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“Look!” the man exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?”
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Then they cursed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!