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The Book of John, Chapter 9, Verse 17

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Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
King James Version
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
American Standard Version
They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
New English Translation
They heaped insults on him, saying,“You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!
World English Bible
Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
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But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
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And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
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His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
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But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
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These [words] spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
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Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
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Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
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He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner [or no], I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
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Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
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He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear [it] again? will ye also be his disciples?