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John 9:39
And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
John 9:39 · Young's Literal Translation
John 9:39 in other translations
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.
Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
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In context
36 he answered and said, `Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'
37 And Jesus said to him, `Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;'
38 and he said, `I believe, sir,' and bowed before him.
39 And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
40 And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, `Are we also blind?'
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.
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