John 9:39

World English Bible (2000)

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."

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  • John 3:19 : 19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
  • Luke 4:18 : 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 heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened. 8 According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day." 9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. 5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • Luke 7:21 : 21 In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
  • Isa 6:9 : 9 He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
  • Jer 1:9-9 : 9 Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. 10 Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
  • Matt 13:13-15 : 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand. 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive: 15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
  • John 8:15 : 15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
  • John 9:25 : 25 He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."
  • John 9:36-38 : 36 He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you." 38 He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
  • John 12:40-41 : 40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them." 41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
  • John 5:22-27 : 22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him. 24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. 27 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
  • Luke 13:30 : 30 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."
  • John 3:17 : 17 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
  • Isa 42:18-20 : 18 "Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant? 20 You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.
  • Luke 11:34-35 : 34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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  • John 9:40-41
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    40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

    41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

  • John 12:45-47
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    45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.

    46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

    47 If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • John 9:1-3
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    1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

    2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

    3 Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

  • John 12:39-41
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    39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,

    40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."

    41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

  • John 9:8-15
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    8 The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"

    9 Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."

    10 They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"

    11 He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."

    12 Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."

    13 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

    14 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

    15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."

  • John 9:24-26
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    24 So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."

    25 He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."

    26 They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

  • Mark 10:51
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    51 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may see again."

  • Mark 4:12
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    12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

  • John 9:5-6
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    5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

    6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,

  • Matt 13:13-16
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    13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

    14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

    15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

    16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

  • John 9:30
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    30 The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

  • Luke 18:35
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    35 It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

  • John 9:17-19
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    17 Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

    18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

    19 and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

  • Luke 18:41
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    41 "What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again."

  • John 9:32
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    32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.

  • Matt 9:28
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    28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."

  • John 3:19
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    19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

  • Isa 42:18
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    18 "Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9 He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

  • John 9:35
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    35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

  • John 8:12
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    12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

  • John 9:37-38
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    37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."

    38 He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.

  • Matt 20:33
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    33 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

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    24 Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

  • John 6:36
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    36 But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe.

  • John 8:26
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    26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

  • Luke 6:39
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    39 He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?