John 9:39
Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
Note Literally so that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind. Some manuscripts do not include 38 “Lord, I believe.”... 39 Then Jesus declared.
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- For
- John 3:17; John 5:22–27; John 8:15; Jeremiah 1:9, 10; Luke 2:34; Luke 13:30; 2 Corinthians 2:16
- that they
- John 9:25, 36–38; John 8:12; John 12:46; Matthew 11:5; Luke 1:79; Luke 4:18; Luke 7:21; Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6; Ephesians 5:14; 1 Peter 2:9
- might be
- John 3:19; John 12:40, 41; Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 29:10; Isaiah 42:18–20; Isaiah 44:18; Matthew 6:23; Matthew 13:13–15; Luke 11:34, 35; Romans 11:7–10; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 John 2:11