John 9:39-41
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
39 [a]Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.”(A)
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not also blind, are we?”(B) 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.(C)
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- 9:39–41 These verses spell out the symbolic meaning of the cure; the Pharisees are not the innocent blind, willing to accept the testimony of others.
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