John 12:40

James Moffatt - New Testament

He has blinded their eyes and made their hearts insensible, to prevent them seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and turning for me to cure them.

Cross References

Luke 8:10

so he said, "It is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Reign of God, but the others get it in parables, so that for all their seeing they may not see, and for all their hearing they may not understand.

Mark 4:12

so that for all their seeing they may not perceive, and for all their hearing they may not understand, lest they turn and be forgiven."

Acts 3:19

Repent then, and turn to have your sins blotted out, so that a breathing-space may be vouchsafed you,

John 9:39

Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

Romans 9:18

Thus God has mercy on anyone just as he pleases, and he makes anyone stubborn just as he pleases.

Acts 28:26

when he said, Go and tell this people, 'You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.'

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind, and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a pit."

Acts 15:3

The church sped them on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Syria informing the brothers, to the great joy of all, that the Gentiles were turning to God.

Mark 6:52

for they had not understood the lesson of the loaves; their minds were dull.

John 12:39

This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said,