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Berean Standard Bible

“He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!””

John 9:25

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Jesus has healed a man born blind, and the religious authorities interrogate him repeatedly, trying to get him to condemn Jesus as a sinner. The formerly blind man is not a trained theologian.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”

World English Bible (WEB)

He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

King James Version (KJV)

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

American Standard Version (ASV)

He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

he answered, therefore, and said, 'If he be a sinner -- I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Entonces él respondió, y dijo: Si es pecador, no lo sé: una cosa sé, que habiendo yo sido ciego, ahora veo.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

El hombre respondió: ―Yo no sé si es pecador. Lo único que sé es que yo era ciego y ahora veo.

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