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

Then he answered, Whether he is a sinner I know not; one thing I know, that having been blind, I now see.

THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.

I have come a light into the world, that no one who believes in me should continue in darkness.

the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news preached to them;

to illuminate those sitting in darkness and the shade of death, to direct our feet in the way of peace.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free,

And in that hour he cured many of diseases, and plagues, and of evil spirits, and gave sight to many blind.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by faith in me.

in whom the god of this life has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God, may not shine.

Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light;

Might be

And this is the judgment; that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they should not see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I should cure them.

but if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light which is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand.

The light of the body is the eye; when, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body is light; but when your eye is evil, your whole body is dark.

What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained; and the rest were hardened,??8 as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear??o this day.

and with every unrighteous deceit among those who are destroyed, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.

but he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

General references

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand.

See, therefore, that the light which is in you be not darkness.