John 9:40

These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

39And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

41Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

John 7:47Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?

Romans 2:19In the belief that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in the dark,

Matthew Henry on John 9:40-41

Christ's Address to the Pharisees. 39 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. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. Christ, having spoken comfort to the poor man that was persecuted, here speaks conviction to his persecutors, a… Read the whole commentary →

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