John 9:40 Cross References

John 9:40

40: The Pharisees who were standing there heard him and asked, "Are you saying we are blind?"

Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?"
Jesus replied, "Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be rooted up,
so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch."

You say, 'I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

"You were born in sin!" they answered. "Are you trying to teach us?" And they threw him out of the synagogue.

"Have you been led astray, too?" the Pharisees mocked.
"Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?
These ignorant crowds do, but what do they know about it? A curse on them anyway!"
Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, then spoke up.
"Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?" he asked.

"Blind guides! How terrible it will be for you! For you say that it means nothing to swear 'by God's Temple'--you can break that oath. But then you say that it is binding to swear 'by the gold in the Temple.'
Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
And you say that to take an oath 'by the altar' can be broken, but to swear 'by the gifts on the altar' is binding!
How blind! For which is greater, the gift on the altar, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
When you swear 'by the altar,' you are swearing by it and by everything on it.

Then the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are still filthy--full of greed and wickedness!
Fools! Didn't God make the inside as well as the outside?
So give to the needy what you greedily possess, and you will be clean all over.
"But how terrible it will be for you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income, but you completely forget about justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but you should not leave undone the more important things.
"How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! For how you love the seats of honor in the synagogues and the respectful greetings from everyone as you walk through the markets!

You are convinced that you are a guide for the blind and a beacon light for people who are lost in darkness without God.
You think you can instruct the ignorant and teach children the ways of God. For you are certain that in God's law you have complete knowledge and truth.
Well then, if you teach others, why don't you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal?
You say it is wrong to commit adultery, but do you do it? You condemn idolatry, but do you steal from pagan temples?

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