JESUS (V.O.): My students and I were walking through some of busy streets of New York. We saw a blind man from birth.THE STUDETNS: (causally) Pastor, who sinned: this man or his parents, causing him to be born blind?
Jesus: (casually) Listen. You are not here to find someone to blame. Try and see what God can do. We are here to work for the One who sent me here.
I am here to shine my light. So, as long as I am in the world, there is plenty of light. That is what I mean by saying, “I am the Light to the world.”
JESUS (V.O.): Then I spit in the dust, made a clay paste with the saliva, rubbed the paste on the blind man's eyes:
JESUS : Go, wash yourself.
JESUS (V.O.): The man went and washed, and saw.
Soon, the town was buzzing. His relatives and those who year after year had seen him as a blind man begging were saying
PERSON 1 : Why, isn't this the man we knew, who sat here and begged?
PERSON 2: It's him all right!
PERSON 3 : NO, it's not the same man at all. It just looks like him.
THE HEALED : It's me, the very one!
PERSON 3 : What? Hey… How did you get your eyes opened?
THE HEALED : A man named Jesus made a paste and rubbed it on my eyes and told me, 'Go and wash.' I did that. When I washed, I was able to see.
PERSON 1 : Really, what is that man?
THE HEALED : I don't know.
JESUS (V.O.): It turns out the healed belongs to a religious group. The leaders of his group didn’t like that I made the paste and healed his blindness on the Sunday, their Sabbath day. So, he was brought to one of their buildings and asked about the incident.
THE HEALED : He put a clay paste on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.
LEADER 1: Obviously, this man can't be from God. He doesn't keep our holy day holy.
LEADER 4: How can a bad man perform this miracle? It is really a God-revealing thing.
LEADER 3: (after discussing among themselves) You're the expert. He opened your eyes. What do you think he is?
THE HEALED : He is a prophet.
LEADER 4: (Looking at the other leaders) I cannot believe this guy. (Looking back at the healed) Are you really born like that? I mean, were you blind to begin with? …And now you got your sight…
LEADER 5: Let’s call his parents.
LEADER 4: (They brought the parents) Is this your son?
THE PARENTS : Yes sir. He is our son.
LEADER 4: Is he really born blind?
THE PARENTS : Yes sir. We know he was born blind.
LEADER 5: Then, how is it that he sees?
THE PARENTS : Well, we don't know really. We haven't a clue about who opened his eyes. Why don't you ask him?
JESUS (V.O.): His parents are talking like this because they are intimidated by the leaders, who they know that anyone who take a stand that I am the Leader would be not welcomed in their meeting place. And their related business relation will suffer. That's why his parents say, “Ask him.”
They called the healed man back a second time.
LEADER 1: Give credit to God, because we see that this man is very questionable.
THE HEALED : I don’t know about that. But I know one thing for sure: I was blind, but now I see.
LEADER 4: What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?
THE HEALED : I've told you already. Now you want to hear it again. Do you want to become his students?
LEADER 2: (With that, they were all over him.) You might be a student of that man, but we're students of the Bible. We know for sure that God spoke in the Bible, but we have no idea where this man even comes from.
THE HEALED : That is amazing! You claim to know nothing about him, but the fact is, he opened my eyes! It's well known that God listens carefully to anyone who lives in reverence and does the will of God. That someone opened the eyes of a man born blind has never been heard of, ever! Because this man is from God, he was able to do just that.
LEADER 1: You're nothing but dirt! Get out. How dare you trying to teach us!
JESUS (V.O.): When I heard that they had thrown him out, I went and found him.
Jesus: Do you believe in the human being?
THE HEALED: Point him out to me, sir. I am going to believe in him.
Jesus: You're looking right at him. Don't you recognize my voice?
THE HEALED: Master, I believe! (The healed man prostrates himself before Jesus.)
JESUS: I came into the world to bring the clear light, making all the clear, so that those who have never seen will see.
Jesus: (casually) Listen. You are not here to find someone to blame. Try and see what God can do. We are here to work for the One who sent me here.
I am here to shine my light. So, as long as I am in the world, there is plenty of light. That is what I mean by saying, “I am the Light to the world.”
JESUS (V.O.): Then I spit in the dust, made a clay paste with the saliva, rubbed the paste on the blind man's eyes:
JESUS : Go, wash yourself.
JESUS (V.O.): The man went and washed, and saw.
Soon, the town was buzzing. His relatives and those who year after year had seen him as a blind man begging were saying
PERSON 1 : Why, isn't this the man we knew, who sat here and begged?
PERSON 2: It's him all right!
PERSON 3 : NO, it's not the same man at all. It just looks like him.
THE HEALED : It's me, the very one!
PERSON 3 : What? Hey… How did you get your eyes opened?
THE HEALED : A man named Jesus made a paste and rubbed it on my eyes and told me, 'Go and wash.' I did that. When I washed, I was able to see.
PERSON 1 : Really, what is that man?
THE HEALED : I don't know.
JESUS (V.O.): It turns out the healed belongs to a religious group. The leaders of his group didn’t like that I made the paste and healed his blindness on the Sunday, their Sabbath day. So, he was brought to one of their buildings and asked about the incident.
THE HEALED : He put a clay paste on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.
LEADER 1: Obviously, this man can't be from God. He doesn't keep our holy day holy.
LEADER 4: How can a bad man perform this miracle? It is really a God-revealing thing.
LEADER 3: (after discussing among themselves) You're the expert. He opened your eyes. What do you think he is?
THE HEALED : He is a prophet.
LEADER 4: (Looking at the other leaders) I cannot believe this guy. (Looking back at the healed) Are you really born like that? I mean, were you blind to begin with? …And now you got your sight…
LEADER 5: Let’s call his parents.
LEADER 4: (They brought the parents) Is this your son?
THE PARENTS : Yes sir. He is our son.
LEADER 4: Is he really born blind?
THE PARENTS : Yes sir. We know he was born blind.
LEADER 5: Then, how is it that he sees?
THE PARENTS : Well, we don't know really. We haven't a clue about who opened his eyes. Why don't you ask him?
JESUS (V.O.): His parents are talking like this because they are intimidated by the leaders, who they know that anyone who take a stand that I am the Leader would be not welcomed in their meeting place. And their related business relation will suffer. That's why his parents say, “Ask him.”
They called the healed man back a second time.
LEADER 1: Give credit to God, because we see that this man is very questionable.
THE HEALED : I don’t know about that. But I know one thing for sure: I was blind, but now I see.
LEADER 4: What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?
THE HEALED : I've told you already. Now you want to hear it again. Do you want to become his students?
LEADER 2: (With that, they were all over him.) You might be a student of that man, but we're students of the Bible. We know for sure that God spoke in the Bible, but we have no idea where this man even comes from.
THE HEALED : That is amazing! You claim to know nothing about him, but the fact is, he opened my eyes! It's well known that God listens carefully to anyone who lives in reverence and does the will of God. That someone opened the eyes of a man born blind has never been heard of, ever! Because this man is from God, he was able to do just that.
LEADER 1: You're nothing but dirt! Get out. How dare you trying to teach us!
JESUS (V.O.): When I heard that they had thrown him out, I went and found him.
Jesus: Do you believe in the human being?
THE HEALED: Point him out to me, sir. I am going to believe in him.
Jesus: You're looking right at him. Don't you recognize my voice?
THE HEALED: Master, I believe! (The healed man prostrates himself before Jesus.)
JESUS: I came into the world to bring the clear light, making all the clear, so that those who have never seen will see.
