John 12:40

New Century Version

“He has blinded their eyes, and he has closed their minds. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:20

The Lord said, ‘Who will trick Ahab into attacking Ramoth in Gilead where he will be killed?’ “Some said one thing; some said another.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.

Psalm 41:4

I said, “Lord, have mercy on me. Heal me, because I have sinned against you.”

Psalm 6:2

Lord, have mercy on me because I am weak. Heal me, Lord, because my bones ache.

Exodus 10:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the king of Egypt. I have made him and his officers stubborn so I could show them my powerful miracles.

Exodus 11:10

Moses and Aaron did all these great miracles in front of the king. But the Lord made him stubborn, and the king would not let the Israelites leave his country.

Exodus 14:17

I will make the Egyptians stubborn so they will chase the Israelites, but I will be honored when I defeat the king and all of his chariot drivers and chariots.

Exodus 14:4

I will make the king stubborn again so he will chase after them, but I will defeat the king and his army. This will bring honor to me, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” The Israelites did just as they were told.

Exodus 14:8

The Lord made the king of Egypt stubborn, so he chased the Israelites, who were leaving victoriously.

Exodus 4:21

The Lord said to Moses, “When you get back to Egypt, do all the miracles I have given you the power to do. Show them to the king of Egypt. But I will make the king very stubborn, and he will not let the people go.

Exodus 7:13

Still the king was stubborn and refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 7:3

But I will make the king stubborn. I will do many miracles in Egypt,

Exodus 9:12

But the Lord made the king stubborn, so he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, you are ready to punish those people, but they do not see that. Show them your strong love for your people. Then those who are evil will be ashamed. Burn them in the fire you have prepared for your enemies.

Isaiah 29:10

The Lord has made you go into a deep sleep. He has closed your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.) He has covered your heads. (The seers are your heads.)

Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for the wrong we did; he was crushed for the evil we did. The punishment, which made us well, was given to him, and we are healed because of his wounds.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the minds of these people dumb. Shut their ears. Cover their eyes. Otherwise, they might really understand what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears. They might really understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.”

Isaiah 6:9

Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn.’

Jeremiah 3:22

“Come back to me, you unfaithful children, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful.” “Yes, we will come to you, because you are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. They have eyes, but they don’t really see. They have ears, but they don’t really listen.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Human, you are living among a people who refuse to obey. They have eyes to see, but they do not see, and they have ears to hear, but they do not hear, because they are a people who refuse to obey.

Ezekiel 14:9

“ ‘But if the prophet is tricked into giving a prophecy, it is because I, the Lord, have tricked that prophet to speak. Then I will use my power against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.

Hosea 14:4

The Lord says, “I will forgive them for leaving me and will love them freely, because I am not angry with them anymore.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let’s go back to the Lord. He has hurt us, but he will heal us. He has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds.

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees; they are blind leaders. And if a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a ditch.”

Mark 4:12

so that: ‘They will look and look, but they will not learn. They will listen and listen, but they will not understand. If they did learn and understand, they would come back to me and be forgiven.’ ”

Mark 6:52

They did not understand about the miracle of the five loaves, because their minds were closed.

Luke 4:18

“The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. God sent me to free those who have been treated unfairly

Luke 8:10

Jesus said, “You have been chosen to know the secrets about the kingdom of God. But I use stories to speak to other people so that: ‘They will look, but they may not see. They will listen, but they may not understand.’

John 12:39

This is why the people could not believe: Isaiah also had said,

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.”

Acts 15:3

The church helped them leave on the trip, and they went through the countries of Phoenicia and Samaria, telling all about how the other nations had turned to God. This made all the believers very happy.

Acts 28:26

‘Go to this people and say: You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn,

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest.

Romans 9:18

So God shows mercy where he wants to show mercy, and he makes stubborn the people he wants to make stubborn.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands; you don’t really understand what you see with your eyes or hear with your ears.

Joshua 11:20

The Lord made those people stubborn so they would fight against Israel and he could completely destroy them without mercy. This is what the Lord had commanded Moses to do.