Matthew 6:23

23 abut if byour eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matthew 13:14-15

14Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

c“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and with their ears dthey can barely hear,
and etheir eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and funderstand with their heart
and gturn, and I would heal them.’

John 16:2-3

2 hThey will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ithe hour is coming when jwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3And they will do these things kbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.

Acts 22:3-4

3 lI am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated mat the feet of nGamaliel
Or  city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated
paccording to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, qbeing zealous for God ras all of you are this day.
4 sI persecuted tthis Way uto the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

Acts 26:9-10

9 vI myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of wJesus of Nazareth. 10 xAnd I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority yfrom the chief priests, but zwhen they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

3And even aaif our gospel is veiled, abit is veiled to acthose who are perishing. 4In their case adthe god of this world aehas blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing afthe light of agthe gospel of the glory of Christ, ahwho is the image of God.
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