For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

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

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death unto life.

For 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 Jehovah put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And Jehovah said to me, Behold, I have put My Words in your mouth.

Behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

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

And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma 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 know: that though I was blind, now I see.

He answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I may believe into Him?

And he said, Lord, I believe! And he did homage to Him.

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.

I have come as a Light into the world, that everyone believing into Me should not remain in darkness.

The blind see 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 those who sit in darkness and 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 deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free with deliverance those who are oppressed;

And in the same hour He cured many of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits; and to many who were blind He gave sight.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.

whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.

For it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone 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 sleep, stand forth out from among the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His possession, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, that they should not see with their eyes, that they should not understand with their hearts and be turned, and I should heal them.

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

And He said, Go, and tell this people, You listen to hear, but do not understand; you look to see, but do not perceive.

For Jehovah has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes; He has covered the prophets and your heads, the seers.

Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.

You see many things, but do not observe; opening the ears, but no one hears.

They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see; and their hearts so that they cannot understand.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. 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 grown dull, their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, that they should not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart and convert, and I should heal them.

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

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 hardened.

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

and with all unrighteous deception among those who are perishing, 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.