John 9:40

Some Pharisees who were there with Jesus asked him, “We're not 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

39Then Jesus told him, “I've come into the world to bring judgment so that those who are blind may see, and those who see will become blind.”

41Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty. But now that you say you see, your guilt remains.”

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16What a disaster is coming on those of you who say, ‘If you swear by the Temple that doesn't count, but if you swear by the gold of the Temple, then you have to keep your oath.’ What blind guides you are!

John 7:47“Have you been fooled too?” the Pharisees asked them.

Romans 2:19You're absolutely sure that you can guide the blind, and that you are 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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