For God did not send His Son into the world so that He might condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

For the Father judges no one, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

"Most assuredly I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

And the Lord stretched forth His hand to me, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words into your mouth.

Behold, I have appointed you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant.

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last."

To some we are the fragrance of death [leading] to death, but to others the fragrance of life [leading] to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

He answered and said, "Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One [thing] I do know: that although I was blind, now I see."

He answered and said, "And who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?"

Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshipped Him.

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me may not abide in darkness.

The blind receive sight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

to give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;

And in that very hour He healed many from diseases, and torments, and evil spirits; and to many blind [people] He granted sight.

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.

Because it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts to give [the] light of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of Jesus Christ.

Therefore He says: "Awake, you who are sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them."

These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

You shall hear indeed, but you shall not understand; and you shall see indeed, but you shall not perceive.

For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and He shall close their eyes, and [the eyes] of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

Hear, you deaf, and look up, you blind, to see.

You have often seen, and have not taken heed; [your] ears have been opened, and you have not heard.

They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn back, that I should heal them.'

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is evil, your body also is dark.

Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.

What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained [it], and the rest were blinded.

And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them.

and in all deception of unrighteousness among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.