This is a direct challenge to those who called themselves guides and teachers, but it is just the wind up to the full-throated critique Jesus launches against them in Chapter 23 of Matthew’s Gospel.

First, “Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind,” the subhead forverses 1-12. The second subhead forverses 13 - 41is “The Pharisees Investigate the Healing.” ...

The Pharisees investigated the man born blind who now could see and some said that Jesus was not from God because he did not keep the Sabbath Day.

Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites for making a show of religion instead of obeying their religion.