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and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came seeing.
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The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind, before, said, "Isn`t this he who sat and begged?"
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Others said, "It is he." Still others said, "He is like him." He said, "I am he."
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They said therefore to him, "How were your eyes opened?"
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He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, "Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash." So I went away and washed, and I received sight."
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Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don`t know."
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They brought him who before was blind to the Pharisees.
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It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
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Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn`t keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
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Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, in that he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
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The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
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and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
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His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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but how he now sees, we don`t know; or who opened his eyes, we don`t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."
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His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
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Therefore his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."
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So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
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He therefore answered, "I don`t know if he is a sinner. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see."
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They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"