John 12:40

New American Bible - revised edition

“He blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not see with their eyes and understand with their heart and be converted, and I would heal them.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:20

The Lord asked: Who will deceive Ahab, so that he will go up and fall on Ramoth-gilead? And one said this, another that,

Psalm 147:3

Healing the brokenhearted, and binding up their wounds.

Psalm 41:4

The Lord sustains him on his sickbed, you turn down his bedding whenever he is ill.

Psalm 6:2

Do not reprove me in your anger, Lord, nor punish me in your wrath.

Exodus 10:1

Then the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh, for I have made him and his servants obstinate in order that I may perform these signs of mine among them

Exodus 11:10

Thus, although Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders in Pharaoh’s presence, the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go from his land.

Exodus 14:17

But I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and his horsemen.

Exodus 14:4

I will so harden Pharaoh’s heart that he will pursue them. Thus I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. This the Israelites did.

Exodus 14:8

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites while they were going out in triumph.

Exodus 4:21

The Lord said to Moses: On your return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

Exodus 7:13

Pharaoh, however, hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had foretold. First Plague: Water Turned into Blood.

Exodus 7:3

Yet I will make Pharaoh so headstrong that, despite the many signs and wonders that I work in the land of Egypt,

Exodus 9:12

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said to Moses. Seventh Plague: The Hail.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, your hand is raised high, but they do not perceive it; Let them be put to shame when they see your zeal for your people: let the fire prepared for your enemies consume them.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people sluggish, dull their ears and close their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and their heart understand, and they turn and be healed.

Isaiah 6:9

And he replied: Go and say to this people: Listen carefully, but do not understand! Look intently, but do not perceive!

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, rebellious children! I will heal your rebellions. “Here we are! We belong to you, for you are the Lord, our God.

Jeremiah 5:21

Pay attention to this, you foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes and do not see, who have ears and do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2

Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house; they have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear. They are such a rebellious house!

Ezekiel 14:9

As for the prophet, if he speaks a deceiving word, I the Lord am the one who deceives that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Hosea 14:4

Assyria will not save us, nor will we mount horses; We will never again say, ‘Our god,’ to the work of our hands; for in you the orphan finds compassion.”

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord, For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us; he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit.”

Mark 4:12

so that ‘they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.’”

Mark 6:52

They had not understood the incident of the loaves. On the contrary, their hearts were hardened. The Healings at Gennesaret.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,

Luke 8:10

He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’ The Parable of the Sower Explained.

John 12:39

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said:

John 9:39

Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.”

Acts 15:3

They were sent on their journey by the church, and passed through Phoenicia and Samaria telling of the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.

Acts 28:26

‘Go to this people and say: You shall indeed hear but not understand. You shall indeed look but never see.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away,

Romans 9:18

Consequently, he has mercy upon whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

Deuteronomy 29:4

I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not fall from you in tatters nor your sandals from your feet;

Joshua 11:20

For it was the Lord’s doing to make their hearts obstinate to meet Israel in battle, that they might be put under the ban without mercy, and be destroyed as the Lord had commanded Moses.