35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in (A)the Son of Man?”[a] 36 He answered, (B)“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and (C)it is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, (D)“For judgment I came into this world, (E)that those who do not see may see, and (F)those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, (G)“Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, (H)you would have no guilt;[b] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

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  1. John 9:35 Some manuscripts the Son of God
  2. John 9:41 Greek you would not have sin

Spiritual Blindness

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”[a]

36 He answered, “And who is he, sir?[b] Tell me,[c] so that I may believe in him.”

37 Jesus told him, “You have seen him. He is the person who is talking with you.”

38 He said, “Lord, I do believe,” and worshipped him.

39 Then Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind.”

40 Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, “We aren’t blind, too, are we?”

41 Jesus told them, “If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, ‘We see,’ your sin still exists.”

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  1. John 9:35 Other mss. read Son of God
  2. John 9:36 Or Lord
  3. John 9:36 The Gk. lacks Tell me