23. because of this his parents said--`He is of age, ask him.'
24. They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, `Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;'
25. he answered, therefore, and said, `If he be a sinner--I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.'
26. And they said to him again, `What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'
27. He answered them, `I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?'
28. They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;
29. we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one--we have not known whence he is.'
30. The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!