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Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?

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Who is blind.

Isa. 6:9• ⁹And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive. (Isa. 6:9)

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Isa. 29:9‑14• ⁹Be astounded and astonished, blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
¹⁰For Jehovah hath poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets and your chiefs, the seers, hath he covered.
¹¹And the whole vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which they give to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed.
¹²And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.
¹³And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;
¹⁴therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid. (Isa. 29:9‑14)

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Isa. 56:10• ¹⁰His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber: (Isa. 56:10)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)

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Jer. 5:21• ²¹Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not. (Jer. 5:21)

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Ezek. 12:2• ²Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not, which have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house. (Ezek. 12:2)

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Matt. 13:14‑15• ¹⁴and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
¹⁵for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Matt. 13:14‑15)

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Matt. 15:14‑16• ¹⁴Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
¹⁵And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.
¹⁶But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence? (Matt. 15:14‑16)

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Matt. 23:16‑24• ¹⁶Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
¹⁷Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
¹⁹Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
²⁰He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
²¹And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
²²And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
²³Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
²⁴Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel. (Matt. 23:16‑24)

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Mark 8:17‑18• ¹⁷And Jesus knowing it, says to them, Why reason ye because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?
¹⁸Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? (Mark 8:17‑18)

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John 7:47‑49• ⁴⁷The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?
⁴⁸Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
⁴⁹But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed. (John 7:47‑49)

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John 9:39,41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains. (John 9:39,41)

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John 12:40• ⁴⁰He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them. (John 12:40)

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Rom. 2:17‑23• ¹⁷But if *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,
¹⁸and knowest the will, and discerningly approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law:
²¹thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
²²thou that sayest man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God? (Rom. 2:17‑23)

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Rom. 11:7‑10,25• ⁷What is it then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded,
⁸according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day.
⁹And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them:
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway.
²⁵For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in; (Rom. 11:7‑10,25)

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2 Cor. 3:14‑15• ¹⁴But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.
¹⁵But unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart. (2 Cor. 3:14‑15)

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2 Cor. 4:4• ⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them. (2 Cor. 4:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trustedd, and blind as Jehovah’s servant,

JND Translation Notes

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Or "he who is perfect."