True Vision and True Blindness

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had (A)found him, He said to him, “Do you (B)believe in (C)the Son of [a]God?”

36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and (D)it is He who is talking with you.”

38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he (E)worshiped Him.

39 And Jesus said, (F)“For judgment I have come into this world, (G)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, (H)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”

41 Jesus said to them, (I)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

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  1. John 9:35 NU Man

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost thou believe on [a]the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that speaketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he [b]worshipped him. 39 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. 40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

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Footnotes

  1. John 9:35 Many ancient authorities read the Son of Man.
  2. John 9:38 The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to a creature (as here) or to the Creator (see 4:20).