John 9:41

Jesus said to them, 'If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say — We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

40And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, 'Are we also blind?'

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Cross References

Proverbs 26:12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

Jeremiah 2:35And thou sayest, 'Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?' Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, 'I have not sinned.'

Luke 18:14I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

Hebrews 10:26For we — wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth — no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

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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