John 9:21-23

International Standard Version

²¹ But we don’t know how it is that he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself.” ²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,^[a] since the Jewish leaders^[b] had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus^[c] was the Messiah^[d] would be thrown out of the synagogue. ²³ That’s why his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”