John 9:39

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Summary

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.

That they

Might be

General references

Matthew 13:13

Luke 11:35

Bible References

That they

He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.

Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

Might be

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.

But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

General references

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.