Blindness

and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

let them alone, guides they are--blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand, — read the full passage →

because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

to open their eyes, to turn <FI>them<Fi> from darkness to light, and <FI>from<Fi> the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that <FI>is<Fi> toward me.

And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, — read the full passage →

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord--to whom was it revealed?' — read the full passage →

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

but till to-day, when Moses is read, a vail upon their heart doth lie,

And Elisha prayeth, and saith, `Jehovah, open, I pray Thee, his eyes, and he doth see;' and Jehovah openeth the eyes of the young man, and he seeth, and lo, the hill is full of horses and chariots of fire, round about Elisha.

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

because <FI>it is<Fi> God who said, Out of darkness light <FI>is<Fi> to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth, — read the full passage →

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

And he cometh to Bethsaida, and they bring to him one blind, and call upon him that he may touch him, — read the full passage →

And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus--Bartimaeus the blind--was sitting beside the way begging, — read the full passage →

for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

God they profess to know, and in the works they deny <FI>Him<Fi> , being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest <FI>it<Fi> to them, — read the full passage →

and now, lo, a hand of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead <FI>him<Fi> by the hand;

and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,

And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging, — read the full passage →

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret--that ye may not be wise in your own conceits--that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

`And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did <FI>it<Fi> , as also your rulers;

The Jews, therefore, said unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

`Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.

that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,

but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn--which in Christ is being made useless--

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God,

and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'

but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say--Ye shall become free?'

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

`But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,

in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;

and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief; — read the full passage →

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate <FI>us<Fi> into the reign of the Son of His love,

But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,

and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

where <FI>is<Fi> the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God--unknown; whom, therefore--not knowing--ye do worship, this One I announce to you.

for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read--having judged <FI>him<Fi> --did fulfil,

and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.

we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one--we have not known whence he is.' — read the full passage →

and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you--speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;

The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death--to the age!

They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;

They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

`Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,

Jesus cried, therefore, in the temple, teaching and saying, `Ye have both known me, and ye have known whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but He who sent me is true, whom ye have not known;

many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, `This word is hard; who is able to hear it?'

The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us <FI>his<Fi> flesh to eat?'

ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;

The woman saith to him, `Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?

Jesus answered and said to her, `If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'

he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.

Nicodemus answered and said to him, `How are these things able to happen?' — read the full passage →

`Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;

Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

saying--`If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.

`And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

And Jesus answering said to them, `Do ye not because of this go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God?

for they understood not concerning the loaves, for their heart hath been hard.

and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

and saying--`Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'

for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

`Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

he said unto them, `The Holy Spirit did ye receive--having believed?' and they said unto him, `But we did not even hear whether there is any Holy Spirit;'