So His disciples asked Him, »Rabbi, who sinned –this man or his parents– that he was born blind?«
»Some say John the Baptist,« they replied; »others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets.«
and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as `Rabbi.'
»As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.«
»Do you suppose,« He asked in reply, »that those Galilaeans were worse sinners than the mass of the Galilaeans, because this happened to them?
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. »Rabbi,« they said, »eat something.«
As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
»You,« they replied, »were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do you teach us?« And they put him out of the synagogue.
When the natives saw the creature hanging to his hand, they said to one another, »Beyond doubt this man is a murderer, for, though saved from the sea, unerring Justice does not permit him to live.«