I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.

Woe [to them] that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.

See how they are all blinded; they have not known; [they are] dumb dogs [that] will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.

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!

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, is obligated.'

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is obligated.'

Therefore he that swears by the altar, swears by it and by all the things on it.

And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

Blind guides, you who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel!

Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it."

The attendants answered them, "No man ever spoke like this Man!"

Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?

They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and do you teach us?" And they cast him out.

Then [some] of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, "Are we blind also?"

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are despised!

Now concerning the things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has come to know nothing yet as he ought to know.

Because you say, 'I am wealthy, and have become rich, and have need of nothing'--and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,

I counsel you to buy from Me gold having been tried by fire, so that you may become rich; and white robes, so that you may be clothed, and the shame of your nakedness may not appear; and eye salve, so that you may anoint your eyes, in order that you may see.

And He said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called My servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel; behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.

saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and [bidding] them that are in darkness, show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths [shall be] their pasture.

They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but He that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall He lead them.

the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and to those who sat in the land and the shadow of death, light sprang up on them."

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

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

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.'

in order that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as light bearers in the world,