³⁹ Jesus said, ^(A)“For judgment I came into this world, ^(B)that those who do not see may see, and ^(C)those who see may become blind.” ⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(D)“Are we also blind?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^(E)you would have no guilt;^[a] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

¹⁸ If possible, so far as it depends on you, ^(A)live peaceably with all. ¹⁹ Beloved, ^(B)never avenge yourselves, but leave it^[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, ^(C)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”