Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth — Jesus's response reveals the paradox of the Pharisees' condition: if they were truly blind (ignorant), they would have no responsibility for sin. But they claim to see ('we see'), to have knowledge, understanding, and authority. Their sin is not ignorance but willful refusal of truth—the claim to see while rejecting the light. 'Therefore your sin remaineth'—their sin is not forgiven because it is not acknowledged. They stand in judgment: convicted by their own claim to knowledge, they are bound by their refusal of truth. The Gospel ends on this note of tragic judgment: those who see themselves as sighted are actually blind; those who acknowledge blindness receive sight.

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