John 9:39

English Standard Version

39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” (Mt 9:13; Mt 11:25; Mt 13:13; Mr 4:12; Lu 4:18; Joh 5:22; 2Co 2:16) 

New International Version

39 Jesus said,[1] ‘For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.’ 

New International Reader’s Version

39 Jesus said, ‘I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.’ 

King James Version

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. 

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