009:029 We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we
do not know where he comes from."
009:030 "Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know
where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!
009:031 We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any
one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.
009:032 From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard
of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind
from his birth.
009:033 Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."
009:034 "You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin,
and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue.
009:035 Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him,
He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
009:036 "Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may
believe in Him."
009:037 "You have seen Him," said Jesus; "and not only so:
He is now speaking to you."
009:038 "I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.
009:039 "I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men,
that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see
may become blind."
009:040 These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present,
and they asked Him, "Are *we* also blind?"
009:041 "If you were blind," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin;
but as a matter of fact you boast that you see.
So your sin remains!"
010:001 "In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way,
is a thief and a robber.