³⁹ Then Jesus said, “My coming into this world is itself a judgment—those who cannot see have their eyes opened and those who think they can see become blind.”

⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him overheard this and said, “So we’re blind, too, are we?”

⁴¹ “If you were blind,” returned Jesus, “nobody could blame you, but, as you insist ‘We can see’, your guilt remains.”