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John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

so that they cannot see with their eyes,

and understand with their hearts,

and turn,

and I would heal them.”

John 12:40 BSB
  1. a Isaiah 6:10

John 12:40 has 39 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 39 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 6:10 (52 votes) and Matthew 13:13–15 (25 votes). 55 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Exodus 4 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does John 12:40 point to?

The 20 strongest of 39, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 6:1052 votes

    Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

  2. Matthew 13:13–1525 votes

    This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. …

  3. Luke 8:1018 votes

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

  4. Mark 4:1214 votes

    so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

  5. Joshua 11:2010 votes

    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  6. Isaiah 29:1010 votes

    For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

  7. Isaiah 57:18–1910 votes

    I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

  8. Hosea 6:110 votes

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

  9. Deuteronomy 29:49 votes

    Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

  10. Psalm 147:39 votes

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

  11. Jeremiah 3:229 votes
  12. Ezekiel 12:29 votes
  13. Hosea 14:49 votes
  14. Matthew 15:149 votes
  15. Mark 8:17–189 votes
  16. Luke 4:189 votes
  17. John 9:399 votes
  18. Acts 3:199 votes
  19. Romans 11:7–119 votes
  20. Psalm 6:28 votes

Which verses point to John 12:40?

The 10 strongest of 55.