They still didn’t believe that the man had been blind but could now see. So they sent for his parents.
So let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will die by disobeying the way the people of long ago did.
His parents said that because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had already decided that anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.
You accept praise from one another, but you don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
When the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask John who he was,
“Abraham said to him, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, they won’t be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”
“Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”