They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.

So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”

Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.