Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
New American Standard Bible
And Jesus said,
King James Version
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Holman Bible
Jesus said,
International Standard Version
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."
A Conservative Version
And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.
American Standard Version
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
Amplified
Then Jesus said,
An Understandable Version
And Jesus said, "I came to this world to judge [it], so that people who can not see [spiritually] will [be able to] see; and those who [think they can] see [spiritually] will become blind."
Anderson New Testament
And Jesus said: For judgment have I come into this world, that those who see not, may see; and that those who see, may become blind.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
Common New Testament
Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and Jesus said, to execute justice am I come into this world: that they who see not, may see; and that they who do see, may become blind.
Darby Translation
And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
Godbey New Testament
And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing may see; and those seeing may be made blind.
Goodspeed New Testament
And Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge men, that those who cannot see may see, and that those who can see may become blind."
John Wesley New Testament
And he worshiped him. Jesus said, For judgment am I come into the world, that they who see not, may see, and that they who see, may become blind.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they not seeing might see; and they seeing might be blind.
King James 2000
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not might see; and that they who see might be made blind.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"
Modern King James verseion
And Jesus said, I have come into this world for judgment, that they who do not see might see, and that they who see might be made blind.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jesus said, "I am come unto judgment, into this world: that they which see not, might see, and they which see might be made blind."
Moffatt New Testament
Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."
Montgomery New Testament
"For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."
NET Bible
Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."
New Heart English Bible
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
Noyes New Testament
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they who see might become blind.
Sawyer New Testament
And Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing become blind.
The Emphasized Bible
And Jesus said - For judgment, I, unto this world, came: that, they who were not seeing, might see, and, they who were seeing, might become, blind.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not may see; and they who see become blind.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."
Webster
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not, may see; and that they who see, may be made blind.
Williams New Testament
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge people, so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind."
World English Bible
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
Worrell New Testament
And Jesus said, "For judgment came I into the world; that those who see not may see, and that those who see may become blind."
Worsley New Testament
And Jesus said, I am come into this world to execute judgement; that they who see not, may see; and that they who say they see, may be made blind.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
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spiritual Blindness » Christ appointed to remove
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 9:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus As The Son Of Man
38 "I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet. 39 "I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind." 40 These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are *we* also blind?"
Cross References
Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,
John 3:19
And this is the test by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
Acts 26:18
that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the last-named an odor of death predictive of death, and to the others an odor of life predictive of life. And for such service as this who is competent?
Matthew 6:23
but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!
Matthew 11:5
"blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them;
Matthew 13:13-15
I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.
Luke 1:79
Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death--To direct our feet into the path of peace."
Luke 2:34
Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;
Luke 7:21
He immediately cured many of diseases, severe pain, and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He gave the gift of sight.
Luke 11:34-35
The lamp of the body is the eye. When your eyesight is good, your whole body also is lighted up; but when it is defective, your body is darkened.
Luke 13:30
And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last."
John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 5:22-27
The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,
John 8:12
Once more Jesus addressed them. "I am the Light of the world," He said; "the man who follows me shall certainly not walk in the dark, but shall have the light of Life."
John 8:15
You judge according to appearances: I am judging no one.
John 9:25
"Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."
John 9:36-38
"Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."
John 12:40-41
"He has blinded their eyes and made their minds callous, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their minds, and should turn, and I should heal them."
John 12:46
I have come like light into the world, in order that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.
Romans 11:7-10
How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.
2 Corinthians 4:4-6
in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God.
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a priesthood of kingly lineage, a holy nation, a people belonging specially to God, that you may make known the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.
1 John 2:11
But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.