John 9:39
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."
Luke 4:18
'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to bring Good News to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, To set the oppressed at liberty,
John 3:19
The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God's People, by faith in me.'
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the latter we are an odor which arises from death and tells of Death; to the former an odor which arises from life and tells of Life. But who is equal to such a task?
Matthew 6:23
But, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!
Matthew 11:5
The blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead, too, are raised to life, and the good news is told to the poor.
Matthew 13:13-15
That is why I speak to them in parables, because, though they have eyes, they do not see, and though they have ears, they do not hear or understand.
Luke 1:79
To give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."
Luke 2:34
Simeon gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother: "This child is appointed to be the cause of the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign much spoken against--
Luke 7:21
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
Luke 11:34-35
The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.
Luke 13:30
there are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!"
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
John 5:22-27
The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'
John 8:12
Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."
John 8:15
You judge by appearances; I judge no one.
John 9:25
"I know nothing about his being a bad man," he replied; "one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see."
John 9:36-38
"Tell me who he is, Sir," he replied, "so that I may believe in him."
John 12:40-41
'He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn--And I should heal them.'
John 12:46
I have come as a Light into the world, that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.
Romans 11:7-10
What follows from this? Why, that Israel as a nation failed to secure what it was seeking, while those whom God selected did secure it.
2 Corinthians 4:4-6
Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them.
Ephesians 5:14
For everything that has its true character made manifest is clear as light. And that is why it is said--'Sleeper, awake! Arise from the dead, and the Christ shall give thee light!'
2 Thessalonians 2:10
to the ruin of those who are on the path to destruction, because they have never received and loved the Truth to their own Salvation.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.
1 John 2:11
while he who hates his Brother is in the Darkness, and is living in the Darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the Darkness prevents his seeing.