18 The Jewish leaders still refused to believe that the man who had been blind could now see until they had called in the man’s parents.
19 They asked them, "Is this your son whom you say was born blind? So how is it that now he can see?"
20 His parents answered, "We know this is our son who was born blind. 21 But we’ve no idea how he can see now, or who healed him. Why don’t you ask him, he’s old enough. He can speak for himself." 22 The reason his parents said this was because they were afraid of what the Jewish leaders would do. The Jewish leaders had already announced that anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue. 23 That was why his parents said, "Ask him, he’s old enough."