Imagine what a different story this would be if the people in it simply saw what was happening in front of them, and responded. The disciples would ask what Jesus was going to do for the man, rather than ask for a judgment on what the man or his parents must have done. The neighbors would celebrate with him, rather than denying who he was. The Pharisees might wonder what it meant for a man to be healed on the Sabbath, rather than knowing that it meant that the healer was a sinner. They might even listen to what the man had to say, rather than dismissing his experience out of hand.