40 They said, This is our son who was born blind; we do not know how he received his sight; he is of age and he can tell; ask him.
41 They were afraid to say what they believed, that Jesus is the Christ who came to manifest the power of God, lest they offend the priests and be cast from the synagogue.
42 Again the rulers said, This Jesus is a wicked man. The man who had been healed stood forth again and said,
43 This Jesus may be sinner or be saint, I do not know; but this one thing I know; I once was blind, but now I see.
44 And then the scribes and Pharisees reviled the man and said, You are a follower of this man from Galilee. We follow Moses, but this man, we know him not, and know not whence he is.
45 The man replied, It is a marvel that you know not whence he is, and yet he opened up my eyes.
46 You know that nothing but the power of God can do such things.
47 God hears not sinners pray, and you must know that he is not a wicked man who can employ the power of God.
48 The Pharisees replied, You wretch! you were begotten and were born in sin, and now you try to teach the law to us. And then they cast him from the synagogue.