John 9:39
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39 Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind.”(A)
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John 3:19
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19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A)
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John 12:46
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46 I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.(A)
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Acts 26:18
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18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(A)
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John 8:12
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Jesus the Light of the World
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”(A)
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1 John 2:11
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11 But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.(A)
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John 12:40-41
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40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
so that they might not look with their eyes
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.”(A)
41 Isaiah said this because[a] he saw his glory and spoke about him.(B)
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- 12.41 Other ancient witnesses read when
Luke 4:18
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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free those who are oppressed,(A)
Luke 1:79
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79 to shine upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”(A)
1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)
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- 2.9 Gk a people for his possession
Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
2 Corinthians 4:4-6
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4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.(A) 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.(B) 6 For it is the 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 Christ.(C)
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2 Corinthians 2:16
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16 to the one group a fragrance from death[a] to death, to the other a fragrance from life[b] to life. Who is qualified for these things?(A)
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Romans 11:7-10
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7 What then? Israel has not achieved what it was pursuing. The elect have achieved it, but the rest were hardened,(A) 8 as it is written,
“God gave them a sluggish spirit,
eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”(B)
9 And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;(C)
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and keep their backs forever bent.”
John 9:36-38
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John 9:25
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25 He answered, “I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
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John 8:15
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15 You judge by human standards;[a] I judge no one.
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- 8.15 Gk according to the flesh
John 5:22-27
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22 The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,(A) 23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(B) 24 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.(C)
25 “Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(D) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself, 27 and he has given him authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of Man.(E)
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John 3:17
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17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.(A)
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Luke 13:30
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30 Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”(A)
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Luke 11:34-35
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34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but if it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.(A) 35 Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness.
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Luke 7:21
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21 Jesus[a] had just then cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits and had given sight to many who were blind.(A)
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- 7.21 Gk He
Luke 2:34
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34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed(A)
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Matthew 13:13-15
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13 The reason I speak to them in parables is that ‘seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’(A) 14 With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says:
‘You will indeed listen but never understand,
and you will indeed look but never perceive.(B)
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they might not look with their eyes,
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
and I would heal them.’(C)
Matthew 11:5
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5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with a skin disease are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.(A)
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