So a second time, they called the man who was blind and said to him: ‘Give glory to God. We know that this fellow is a sinner.’
He replied: ‘I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I know: I was blind, until I could see.
So they said to him ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’
He answered: ‘I have spoken to you already and you have not heard. Why do you want to hear again? You do not want to become his disciples as well, do you?’
They insulted him and said: ‘You are that fellow’s disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses but we do not know where this fellow is from. ‘
The man answered them: ‘This is an amazing thing – that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes.
We know that God does not hear sinners,
but he hears whoever is God-fearing and does his will.
From time immemorial it has never been heard that anyone has opened the eyes of someone born blind.
Unless this man is from God, he could have done nothing. ‘
They replied: ‘You were born completely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?’
And they threw him out.
Lord, you have given me so much,
I ask for one more thing –
a grateful heart.
George Herbert