John 12:40

New International Reader's Version

“The Lord has blinded their eyes. He has closed their minds. So they can’t see with their eyes. They can’t understand with their minds. They can’t turn to the Lord. If they could, he would heal them.” (Isaiah 6:10)

Cross References

1 Kings 22:20

The Lord said, ‘Who will get Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead? I want him to die there.’ “One angel suggested one thing. Another suggested something else.

Psalm 147:3

He heals those who have broken hearts. He takes care of 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. I’m so weak. Lord, heal me. My body is full of pain.

Exodus 10:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. I have made him stubborn. I have also made his officials stubborn so I can perform my signs among them.

Exodus 11:10

Moses and Aaron performed all these amazing things in the sight of Pharaoh. But the Lord made Pharaoh stubborn. He wouldn’t let the people of Israel go out of his country.

Exodus 14:17

I will make the Egyptians stubborn. They will go in after the Israelites. I will gain glory for myself because of what will happen to Pharaoh, his army, chariots and horsemen.

Exodus 14:4

I will make Pharaoh stubborn. He will chase them. But I will gain glory for myself because of what will happen to Pharaoh and his whole army. And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites camped by the Red Sea.

Exodus 14:8

The Lord made Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, stubborn. So he chased the Israelites as they were marching out boldly.

Exodus 4:21

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “When you return to Egypt, do all the amazing things I have given you the power to do. Do them in the sight of Pharaoh. But I will make him stubborn. He will not let the people go.

Exodus 7:13

In spite of that, Pharaoh became stubborn. He wouldn’t listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 7:3

But I will make Pharaoh stubborn. I will multiply the signs and amazing things I will do in Egypt.

Exodus 9:12

But the Lord made Pharaoh stubborn. Pharaoh wouldn’t listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, you have raised your hand high to punish them. But they don’t even see it. Let them see how much you love your people. Then they will be put to shame. Let the fire you are saving for your enemies burn them up.

Isaiah 29:10

The Lord has made you fall into a deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets. He has covered the heads of your seers so they can’t see.

Isaiah 53:5

But the servant was pierced because we had sinned. He was crushed because we had done what was evil. He was punished to make us whole again. His wounds have healed us.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the hearts of these people stubborn. Plug up their ears. Close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. And they might turn to me and be healed.”

Isaiah 6:9

So he said, “Go and speak to these people. Tell them, “ ‘You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.’

Jeremiah 3:22

“You have not been faithful,” says the Lord. “Return to me. I will heal you. Then you will not turn away from me anymore.” “Yes,” the people say. “We will come to you. You are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 5:21

‘Listen to this, you foolish people, who do not have any sense. You have eyes, but you do not see. You have ears, but you do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you are living among people who refuse to obey me. They have eyes that can see. But they do not really see. They have ears that can hear. But they do not really hear. They refuse to obey me.

Ezekiel 14:9

“ ‘ “Suppose that prophet is stirred up to give a prophecy. Then I am the one who has stirred him up. And I will reach out my powerful hand against him. I will destroy him from among my people Israel.

Hosea 14:4

Then the Lord will answer, “My people always wander away from me. But I will put an end to that. My anger has turned away from them. Now I will love them freely.

Hosea 6:1

The people say, “Come. Let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces. But he will heal us. He has wounded us. But he’ll bandage our wounds.

Matthew 15:14

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

Mark 4:12

In that way, “ ‘They will see but never know what they are seeing. They will hear but never understand. Otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’ ” (Isaiah 6:9,10)

Mark 6:52

They had not understood about the loaves. They were stubborn.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me. He has anointed me to announce the good news to poor people. He has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners. He has sent me so that the blind will see again. He wants me to set free those who are treated badly.

Luke 8:10

He said, “You have been given the chance to understand the secrets of God’s kingdom. But to outsiders I speak by using stories. In that way, “ ‘They see, but they will not know what they are seeing. They hear, but they will not understand what they are hearing.’ (Isaiah 6:9)

John 12:39

For this reason, they could not believe. As Isaiah says in another place,

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”

Acts 15:3

The church sent them on their way. They traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria. There they told how the Gentiles had turned to God. This news made all the believers very glad.

Acts 28:26

“ ‘Go to your people. Say to them, “You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.”

Acts 3:19

So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new.

Romans 9:18

So God does what he wants to do. He shows mercy to one person and makes another stubborn.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord hasn’t given you a mind that understands. He hasn’t given you eyes that see. He hasn’t given you ears that hear.

Joshua 11:20

The Lord himself made their people stubborn. He made them go to war against Israel so he could totally destroy them. He wanted to wipe them out. He didn’t show them any mercy. The Lord had commanded Moses to destroy the Canaanites.