39Jesus said,9:38,39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said… 39 Jesus said,“For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
39Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”9:39 Literally so that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind. Some manuscripts do not include 38“Lord, I believe.”... 39Then Jesus declared.
39Jesus 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.”