John 9:18
Good News Translation
The Jewish authorities, however, were not willing to believe that he had been blind and could now see, until they called his parents

New Revised Standard Version
The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight

Contemporary English Version
But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents

New American Bible
Now the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and gained his sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had gained his sight.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?

John 12:37-40 And whereas he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not in him: . . .

Genesis 19:14 So Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest.

Isaiah 26:11 Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.

Isaiah 53:1 Who a hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

Luke 16:31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.

Hebrews 3:15-19 While it is said: To day, if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in that provocation. . . .

Hebrews 4:11 Let us hasten therefore to enter into that rest: lest any man fall into the same example of unbelief.

Context
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
17They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him that hath opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet. 18The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight, 19And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?…
Cross References
John 1:19
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?

John 9:19
And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

John 9:22
These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

John 9:17
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