John 9:39 — Meaning and Application

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“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.”

John 9:39

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And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

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.

And {some} of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

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John 9:1

"And as {Jesus} passed by, he saw a man which was blind from {his} birth."

John 9:2

"And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?"

John 9:3

"Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."

John 9:4

"I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."

John 9:5

"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

John 9:6

"When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, {anointed...: or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man}"

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