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John 9:'l-41 n today's Gospel |esus gives sight a man who was born blind. As the man repeatedly tells the story of how fesus healed him physically, there is a graduai change in the man's understanding of who |esus is. He sees fesus first as a man, and then as a prophet, and then as sorneone who came from God. Finally, he fatrls to his knees and worships ]esus as the I-ord. This man went from being blind to receiving physical sight to seeing throrigh the eyes of faith. The religious leaders who were questioning this man had physical sight, but they had no spiritual sight. They were blinded by prejudice, pride, fear, and animosity toward |esus. Spiritual sight allows us to recognize the presence of God in our
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