19. They asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How does he now see?”
20. His parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
21. We do not know how he sees now, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is of age; he can speak for him self.”
22. His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as the Messiah, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
23. For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; question him.”
24. So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner.”
25. He replied, “If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.”
26. So they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27. He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?”
28. They ridiculed him and said, “You are that man’s disciple; we are disciples of Moses!
29. We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from.”