John 12:40 Cross References - Lamsa

⁴⁰ Their eyes have become blind and their heart darkened, so that they cannot see with their eyes and understand with their heart; let them return and I will heal them.

¹³ This is the reason I speak to them in figures, because they see and yet cannot perceive; and they hear and yet do not listen, nor do they understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah who said, Hearing you will hear, but you will not understand; and seeing you will see, but you will not know. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people has become hardened, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are dull; so that they cannot see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts; let them return, and I will heal them.

¹⁴ Leave them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind lead around the blind, both will fall into a pit.

¹² For seeing they see, and yet do not perceive; and hearing they hear, and yet do not understand; if they return, their sins would be forgiven.

⁵² For they did not understand the miracle of the loaves of bread, because their hearts were confused.

¹⁷ But Jesus knew it and said to them, What are you thinking, because you have no bread? Do you not even yet know, and do you not understand? Is your heart still hard? ¹⁸ You have eyes, and yet do you not see? You have ears, and yet do you not hear? And do you not remember?

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this he has anointed me, to preach good tidings to the poor; and he has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, and to proclaim release to the captives, and sight to the blind; to strengthen with forgiveness those who are bruised

¹⁰ He said to them, To you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to the rest it has to be said in figures; for while they see, they do not perceive; and while they hear, they do not understand.

³⁹ Then Jesus said to him, I have come for the judgment of this world, so that those who cannot see may see, and those who see may become blind.

¹⁹ Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of tranquility shall come to you from before the presence of the LORD;

³ They were given an escort and sent on their way by the church, and they traveled through all Phoe-niÆci-a and the territory of the Sa-marÆi-tans, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.

²⁶ Saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive:

¹⁸ Thus he has mercy on whom he pleases, and he hardens whom he pleases.

⁷ What then? Israel has not obtained that which he sought; but the elected ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded in their hearts. ⁸ As it is written, God has given them a stubborn spirit, eyes that cannot see, and ears that cannot hear, to this very day. ⁹ And David said, Let their table become a snare, and a trap and a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and let their backs be bowed down always. ¹¹ I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Far be it. But rather by their stumbling salvation has come to the Gentiles, in order to make them zealous.

¹⁹ My brethren, if any of you do err from the way of the truth, and some one converts him from his error, ²⁰ Let him know that he who converts a sinner from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall wipe out a multitude of sins.