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  *"In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'"*   

  - Jesus quotes Isaiah to explain the spiritual blindness of the people. Their inability to understand and perceive spiritual truths is a consequence of their hardened hearts.

  *"Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."*   

  - Jesus speaks of spiritual blindness in this verse, referring to the religious leaders as blind guides. This highlights the deception and lack of understanding in those who fail to see the truth.

  *"Jesus said, 'For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.'"*   

  - Jesus acknowledges that He came to bring sight to the spiritually blind. Those who think they see will be shown their blindness, while those who are humble enough to recognize their blindness will receive spiritual sight.

  *"When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'"*   

  - Jesus claims to be the light of the world, offering understanding and truth to those who follow Him, contrasting spiritual blindness with the illumination He provides.

  *"Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures."*   

  - After His resurrection, Jesus opens the minds of His disciples to understand the Scriptures, illustrating that understanding is a gift from God and that spiritual blindness can only be overcome by divine intervention.

  *"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."*   

  - Paul explains that Satan has blinded the minds of unbelievers, preventing them from understanding the truth of the gospel and the glory of Christ.

  *"They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts."*   

  - Paul describes the spiritual blindness of those who do not know God, noting that their inability to understand is due to the hardness of their hearts.

  * "But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ."

  - Paul explicitly connects Eve’s deception to the broader reality of spiritual deception, emphasizing the vulnerability of humanity to lies that appeal to the flesh.