John 9:40

And some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words and said to Him, “ We aren't blind too, are we?”

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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 for judgment, 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 not have sin. But now you say, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16“Woe to you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

John 7:47So the Pharisees answered them: “You haven't been fooled too, have you?

Romans 2:19Further, you are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness,

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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