John 9:39

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John 9:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible

37 “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

38 “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

39 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

41 “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

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John 3:17

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 5:22

Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 5:25

Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

John 5:27

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

John 8:15

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

Jeremiah 1:10

See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

Luke 13:30

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

John 9:25

He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”

John 9:36

“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”

John 9:37

“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

John 9:38

“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

John 8:12

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 12:46

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Luke 7:21

At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.

Acts 26:18

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

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:14

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

John 3:19

And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

John 12:41

Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

Isaiah 6:9

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

Isaiah 29:10

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

Isaiah 42:18

Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!

Isaiah 42:19

Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?

Isaiah 42:20

Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

Isaiah 44:18

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Matthew 6:23

But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 13:13

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

Matthew 13:14

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

Matthew 13:15

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

Luke 11:34

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

Luke 11:35

Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

Romans 11:7

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

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as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

Romans 11:9

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

Romans 11:10

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.