These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, »Are we also blind?«
»You,« they replied, »were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do you teach us?« And they put him out of the synagogue.
»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!«
You say, I am rich, and have wealth stored up, and I stand in need of nothing; and you do not know that if there is a wretched creature it is you – pitiable, poor, blind, naked.