John 9:39 Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose t...

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Amplified Bible - Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
新标点和合本 - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，叫不能看见的，可以看见；能看见的，反瞎了眼。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，使不能看见的看见，能看见的反而失明。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，使不能看见的看见，能看见的反而失明。”
当代译本 - 耶稣说：“我为了审判来到这世界，使瞎眼的可以看见，使看得见的反成了瞎眼的。”
圣经新译本 - 耶稣说：“我到这世上来是为了审判，使那看不见的能够看见，能看见的反而成了瞎眼的。”
中文标准译本 - 耶稣说：“我到这世上来是为了行审判，使看不见的能看见，使看得见的反而瞎了眼。”
现代标点和合本 - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，叫不能看见的可以看见，能看见的反瞎了眼。”
和合本（拼音版） - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，叫不能看见的，可以看见；能看见的，反瞎了眼。”
New International Version - Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
New International Reader's Version - Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”
English Standard Version - Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
New Living Translation - Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
The Message - Jesus then said, “I came into the world to bring everything into the clear light of day, making all the distinctions clear, so that those who have never seen will see, and those who have made a great pretense of seeing will be exposed as blind.”
Christian Standard Bible - Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
New American Standard Bible - And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
New King James Version - And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
American Standard Version - And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - Jesus said,] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”
World English Bible - 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.”
新標點和合本 - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，叫不能看見的，可以看見；能看見的，反瞎了眼。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，使不能看見的看見，能看見的反而失明。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，使不能看見的看見，能看見的反而失明。」
當代譯本 - 耶穌說：「我為了審判來到這世界，使瞎眼的可以看見，使看得見的反成了瞎眼的。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶穌說：“我到這世上來是為了審判，使那看不見的能夠看見，能看見的反而成了瞎眼的。”
呂振中譯本 - 耶穌說：『為了審判、我才到這世界上來，使看不見的能看見，而能看見的反而成了瞎眼！』
中文標準譯本 - 耶穌說：「我到這世上來是為了行審判，使看不見的能看見，使看得見的反而瞎了眼。」
現代標點和合本 - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，叫不能看見的可以看見，能看見的反瞎了眼。」
文理和合譯本 - 耶穌曰、我為鞫入世、使不見者得見、而見者反瞽也、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶穌曰、我為審判臨世、使不見者可見、見者反為瞽、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 耶穌曰、我為審判臨世、使不見者得見、見者反瞽、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 耶穌曰：『予臨斯世、實為黜陟、欲使不見者得見、而自以為明者轉成瞽盲。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Entonces Jesús dijo: —Yo he venido a este mundo para juzgarlo, para que los ciegos vean, y los que ven se queden ciegos.
현대인의 성경 - 그때 예수님은 그에게 “내가 심판하러 이 세상에 왔으니 보지 못하는 사람은 보게 하고 보는 사람은 소경이 되게 할 것이다” 하고 말씀하셨다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Иисус сказал: – Я пришел в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, – стали слепыми.
Восточный перевод - Иса сказал: – Я пришёл в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, стали слепыми.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Иса сказал: – Я пришёл в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, стали слепыми.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Исо сказал: – Я пришёл в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, стали слепыми.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Jésus dit alors : Je suis venu dans ce monde pour qu’un jugement ait lieu, pour que ceux qui ne voient pas voient, et que ceux qui voient deviennent aveugles.
リビングバイブル - するとイエスは言われました。「わたしがこの世に来たのは、心の目の見えない人を見えるようにするため、また、見えると思い込んでいる人に、実は盲目だということをわからせるためなのです。」
Nestle Aland 28 - Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσιν καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες, βλέπωσιν; καὶ οἱ βλέποντες, τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
Nova Versão Internacional - Disse Jesus: “Eu vim a este mundo para julgamento, a fim de que os cegos vejam e os que veem se tornem cegos”.
Hoffnung für alle - Jesus sagte: »Ich bin in diese Welt gekommen, damit sich an mir die Geister scheiden. Die Blinden sollen sehen können, aber alle Sehenden sollen blind werden.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Giê-xu dạy: “Ta xuống trần gian để phán xét, giúp người mù được sáng, và cho người sáng biết họ đang mù.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระเยซูตรัสว่า “เราเข้ามาในโลกนี้เพื่อการพิพากษา เพื่อให้คนตาบอดมองเห็นได้และให้คนที่มองเห็นได้กลับตาบอด”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระเยซูกล่าวว่า “เรามายังโลกนี้เพื่อการกล่าวโทษ สำหรับบรรดาคนที่มองไม่เห็นกลับมองเห็น และบรรดาคนที่มองเห็นกลับตาบอด”

交叉引用

2 Thessalonians 2:10 - and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Isaiah 29:10 - For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed your eyes, [you who are] the prophets; And He has covered your heads, [you who are] the seers.
Isaiah 42:18 - Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see.
Isaiah 42:19 - Who is blind but My servant [Israel], Or deaf like My messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [in a covenant relationship], Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
Isaiah 42:20 - You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but no one hears.
John 9:36 - He answered, “Who is He, Sir? Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
John 9:37 - Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and [in fact] He is the one who is talking with you.”
John 9:38 - And he said, “Lord, I believe [in You and Your word]!” And he worshiped Him [with reverence and awe].
Jeremiah 1:9 - Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold (hear Me), I have put My words in your mouth.
Jeremiah 1:10 - See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.”
John 9:25 - Then he answered, “I do not know whether He is a sinner [separated from God]; but one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
Ephesians 5:14 - For this reason He says, “Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”
Romans 11:7 - What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking [that is, God’s favor by obedience to the Law], but the elect [those chosen few] obtained it, while the rest of them became hardened and callously indifferent;
Romans 11:8 - just as it is written [in Scripture], “God gave them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, [a spiritual apathy that has continued] to this very day.”
Romans 11:9 - And David says, “Let their table (abundance) become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a retribution to them.
Romans 11:10 - Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, And make their backs bend [under their burden] forever.”
John 5:22 - For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment [that is, the prerogative of judging] to the Son [placing it entirely into His hands],
John 5:23 - so that all will give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] the one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him.
John 5:24 - “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the person who hears My word [the one who heeds My message], and believes and trusts in Him who sent Me, has (possesses now) eternal life [that is, eternal life actually begins—the believer is transformed], and does not come into judgment and condemnation, but has passed [over] from death into life.
John 5:25 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a time is coming and is [here] now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
John 5:26 - For just as the Father has life in Himself [and is self-existent], even so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself [and be self-existent].
John 5:27 - And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is a Son of Man [sinless humanity, qualifying Him to sit in judgment over mankind].
Isaiah 44:18 - They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Matthew 6:23 - But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness!
Luke 13:30 - And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
John 8:15 - You judge according to human standards [just by what you see]. I do not judge anyone.
Isaiah 6:9 - And He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not understand; Keep on looking, but do not comprehend.’
Luke 1:79 - To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
2 Corinthians 2:16 - to the latter one an aroma from death to death [a fatal, offensive odor], but to the other an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is adequate and sufficiently qualified for these things?
Luke 7:21 - At that very hour Jesus healed many people of sicknesses and infirmities and evil spirits; and He gave [the gracious gift of] sight to many who were blind.
John 3:17 - For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him.
Matthew 11:5 - the blind receive [their] sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed [by healing] and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Luke 11:34 - The eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive, focused on God], your whole body also is full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts]. But when it is bad [spiritually blind], your body also is full of darkness [devoid of God’s word].
Luke 11:35 - Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness.
Luke 2:34 - Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Listen carefully: this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is to be opposed—
2 Corinthians 4:4 - among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:5 - For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 4:6 - For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.
Matthew 13:13 - This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].
Matthew 13:14 - In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will hear and keep on hearing, but never understand; And you will look and keep on looking, but never comprehend;
Matthew 13:15 - For this nation’s heart has grown hard, And with their ears they hardly hear, And they have [tightly] closed their eyes, Otherwise they would see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and turn [to Me] And I would heal them [spiritually].’
John 12:40 - “He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, to keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their heart and being converted; otherwise, I [their God] would heal them.”
John 12:41 - Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.
Luke 4:18 - “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah), Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy),
1 John 2:11 - But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
John 8:12 - Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “ I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
Acts 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’
John 12:46 - I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me [as Savior—all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message] will not continue to live in darkness.
John 3:19 - This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

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交叉引用

Amplified Bible - Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
新标点和合本 - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，叫不能看见的，可以看见；能看见的，反瞎了眼。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，使不能看见的看见，能看见的反而失明。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，使不能看见的看见，能看见的反而失明。”
当代译本 - 耶稣说：“我为了审判来到这世界，使瞎眼的可以看见，使看得见的反成了瞎眼的。”
圣经新译本 - 耶稣说：“我到这世上来是为了审判，使那看不见的能够看见，能看见的反而成了瞎眼的。”
中文标准译本 - 耶稣说：“我到这世上来是为了行审判，使看不见的能看见，使看得见的反而瞎了眼。”
现代标点和合本 - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，叫不能看见的可以看见，能看见的反瞎了眼。”
和合本（拼音版） - 耶稣说：“我为审判到这世上来，叫不能看见的，可以看见；能看见的，反瞎了眼。”
New International Version - Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
New International Reader's Version - Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”
English Standard Version - Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
New Living Translation - Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
The Message - Jesus then said, “I came into the world to bring everything into the clear light of day, making all the distinctions clear, so that those who have never seen will see, and those who have made a great pretense of seeing will be exposed as blind.”
Christian Standard Bible - Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
New American Standard Bible - And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
New King James Version - And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
American Standard Version - And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - Jesus said,] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”
World English Bible - 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.”
新標點和合本 - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，叫不能看見的，可以看見；能看見的，反瞎了眼。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，使不能看見的看見，能看見的反而失明。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，使不能看見的看見，能看見的反而失明。」
當代譯本 - 耶穌說：「我為了審判來到這世界，使瞎眼的可以看見，使看得見的反成了瞎眼的。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶穌說：“我到這世上來是為了審判，使那看不見的能夠看見，能看見的反而成了瞎眼的。”
呂振中譯本 - 耶穌說：『為了審判、我才到這世界上來，使看不見的能看見，而能看見的反而成了瞎眼！』
中文標準譯本 - 耶穌說：「我到這世上來是為了行審判，使看不見的能看見，使看得見的反而瞎了眼。」
現代標點和合本 - 耶穌說：「我為審判到這世上來，叫不能看見的可以看見，能看見的反瞎了眼。」
文理和合譯本 - 耶穌曰、我為鞫入世、使不見者得見、而見者反瞽也、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶穌曰、我為審判臨世、使不見者可見、見者反為瞽、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 耶穌曰、我為審判臨世、使不見者得見、見者反瞽、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 耶穌曰：『予臨斯世、實為黜陟、欲使不見者得見、而自以為明者轉成瞽盲。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Entonces Jesús dijo: —Yo he venido a este mundo para juzgarlo, para que los ciegos vean, y los que ven se queden ciegos.
현대인의 성경 - 그때 예수님은 그에게 “내가 심판하러 이 세상에 왔으니 보지 못하는 사람은 보게 하고 보는 사람은 소경이 되게 할 것이다” 하고 말씀하셨다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Иисус сказал: – Я пришел в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, – стали слепыми.
Восточный перевод - Иса сказал: – Я пришёл в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, стали слепыми.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Иса сказал: – Я пришёл в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, стали слепыми.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Исо сказал: – Я пришёл в этот мир для суда, чтобы слепые видели, а те, кто видят, стали слепыми.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Jésus dit alors : Je suis venu dans ce monde pour qu’un jugement ait lieu, pour que ceux qui ne voient pas voient, et que ceux qui voient deviennent aveugles.
リビングバイブル - するとイエスは言われました。「わたしがこの世に来たのは、心の目の見えない人を見えるようにするため、また、見えると思い込んでいる人に、実は盲目だということをわからせるためなのです。」
Nestle Aland 28 - Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσιν καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες, βλέπωσιν; καὶ οἱ βλέποντες, τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
Nova Versão Internacional - Disse Jesus: “Eu vim a este mundo para julgamento, a fim de que os cegos vejam e os que veem se tornem cegos”.
Hoffnung für alle - Jesus sagte: »Ich bin in diese Welt gekommen, damit sich an mir die Geister scheiden. Die Blinden sollen sehen können, aber alle Sehenden sollen blind werden.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Giê-xu dạy: “Ta xuống trần gian để phán xét, giúp người mù được sáng, và cho người sáng biết họ đang mù.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระเยซูตรัสว่า “เราเข้ามาในโลกนี้เพื่อการพิพากษา เพื่อให้คนตาบอดมองเห็นได้และให้คนที่มองเห็นได้กลับตาบอด”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระเยซูกล่าวว่า “เรามายังโลกนี้เพื่อการกล่าวโทษ สำหรับบรรดาคนที่มองไม่เห็นกลับมองเห็น และบรรดาคนที่มองเห็นกลับตาบอด”

2 Thessalonians 2:10 - and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Isaiah 29:10 - For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed your eyes, [you who are] the prophets; And He has covered your heads, [you who are] the seers.
Isaiah 42:18 - Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see.
Isaiah 42:19 - Who is blind but My servant [Israel], Or deaf like My messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [in a covenant relationship], Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
Isaiah 42:20 - You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but no one hears.
John 9:36 - He answered, “Who is He, Sir? Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
John 9:37 - Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and [in fact] He is the one who is talking with you.”
John 9:38 - And he said, “Lord, I believe [in You and Your word]!” And he worshiped Him [with reverence and awe].
Jeremiah 1:9 - Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold (hear Me), I have put My words in your mouth.
Jeremiah 1:10 - See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.”
John 9:25 - Then he answered, “I do not know whether He is a sinner [separated from God]; but one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
Ephesians 5:14 - For this reason He says, “Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”
Romans 11:7 - What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking [that is, God’s favor by obedience to the Law], but the elect [those chosen few] obtained it, while the rest of them became hardened and callously indifferent;
Romans 11:8 - just as it is written [in Scripture], “God gave them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, [a spiritual apathy that has continued] to this very day.”
Romans 11:9 - And David says, “Let their table (abundance) become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a retribution to them.
Romans 11:10 - Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, And make their backs bend [under their burden] forever.”
John 5:22 - For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment [that is, the prerogative of judging] to the Son [placing it entirely into His hands],
John 5:23 - so that all will give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] the one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him.
John 5:24 - “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the person who hears My word [the one who heeds My message], and believes and trusts in Him who sent Me, has (possesses now) eternal life [that is, eternal life actually begins—the believer is transformed], and does not come into judgment and condemnation, but has passed [over] from death into life.
John 5:25 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a time is coming and is [here] now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
John 5:26 - For just as the Father has life in Himself [and is self-existent], even so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself [and be self-existent].
John 5:27 - And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is a Son of Man [sinless humanity, qualifying Him to sit in judgment over mankind].
Isaiah 44:18 - They do not know, nor do they understand, for God has muddied their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts (minds) as well so that they cannot understand.
Matthew 6:23 - But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness!
Luke 13:30 - And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
John 8:15 - You judge according to human standards [just by what you see]. I do not judge anyone.
Isaiah 6:9 - And He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not understand; Keep on looking, but do not comprehend.’
Luke 1:79 - To shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet [in a straight line] into the way of peace and serenity.”
2 Corinthians 2:16 - to the latter one an aroma from death to death [a fatal, offensive odor], but to the other an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is adequate and sufficiently qualified for these things?
Luke 7:21 - At that very hour Jesus healed many people of sicknesses and infirmities and evil spirits; and He gave [the gracious gift of] sight to many who were blind.
John 3:17 - For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him.
Matthew 11:5 - the blind receive [their] sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed [by healing] and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Luke 11:34 - The eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive, focused on God], your whole body also is full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts]. But when it is bad [spiritually blind], your body also is full of darkness [devoid of God’s word].
Luke 11:35 - Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness.
Luke 2:34 - Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Listen carefully: this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is to be opposed—
2 Corinthians 4:4 - among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:5 - For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 4:6 - For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.
Matthew 13:13 - This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].
Matthew 13:14 - In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will hear and keep on hearing, but never understand; And you will look and keep on looking, but never comprehend;
Matthew 13:15 - For this nation’s heart has grown hard, And with their ears they hardly hear, And they have [tightly] closed their eyes, Otherwise they would see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and turn [to Me] And I would heal them [spiritually].’
John 12:40 - “He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, to keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their heart and being converted; otherwise, I [their God] would heal them.”
John 12:41 - Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.
Luke 4:18 - “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah), Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy),
1 John 2:11 - But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
John 8:12 - Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “ I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
Acts 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’
John 12:46 - I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me [as Savior—all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message] will not continue to live in darkness.
John 3:19 - This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.