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John 9:20 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œHis parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:”

John 9:20

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18

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

19

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

20

His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

21

But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

22

These {words} spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

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