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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσιν καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai eipen o Iesous* Eis krima ego eis ton kosmon touton elthon, ina oi me blepontes bleposin kai oi blepontes tuphloi genontai.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dixit ei Iesus in iudicium ego in hunc mundum veni ut qui non vident videant et qui vident caeci fiant

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not might see; and that they who see might be made blind.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
New King James Version   
And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
21st Century King James Version   
And Jesus said, “For judgment I am come into this world, that they that see not might see, and that they that see might be made blind.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And Yeshua said, “For the judgment of this world I have come, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
Darby Bible Translation   
And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world; that they who see not, may see; and they who see, may become blind.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they which see not may see; and that they which see may become blind.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
God's Word   
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind."
International Standard Version   
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."
NET Bible   
Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."
New American Standard Bible   
And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."
New International Version   
Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind."
New Living Translation   
Then Jesus told him, "I entered this world to render judgment--to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind."
Webster's Bible Translation   
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not, may see; and that they who see, may be made blind.
Weymouth New Testament   
"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
The World English Bible   
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then Jesus said, ‘I came into this world to judge people. Then people who know that they are blind will be able to see. And people who think they can see will become blind.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
New Life Version   
Jesus said, “I came into this world to say what is right from wrong. I came so those who do not see might see, and those who do see might be made blind.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see, might see; and that those who see, might be made blind.”
The Voice Bible   
Jesus: I have entered this world to announce a verdict that changes everything. Now those without sight may begin to see, and those who see may become blind.
Living Bible   
Then Jesus told him, “I have come into the world to give sight to those who are spiritually blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
New Catholic Bible   
Then Jesus said, “It is for judgment that I have come into this world, so that those without sight may see and those who do see may become blind.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see and that those who see might be blinded.
Christian Standard Bible   
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment [as a Separator, in order that there may be separation between those who believe on Me and those who reject Me], to make the sightless see and to make those who see become blind.
New Century Version   
Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.”
The Message   
Jesus then said, “I came into the world to bring everything into the clear light of day, making all the distinctions clear, so that those who have never seen will see, and those who have made a great pretense of seeing will be exposed as blind.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, in order that those who do not see will see, and those who do see will become blind.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
· Jesus said, · “For judgment I came into · this world, so that those who cannot see may receive their sight, and that those who think they see may become blind.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.”
New Matthew Bible   
Jesus said, I have come for judgment into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see, may be made blind.
Good News Translation®   
Jesus said, “I came to this world to judge, so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind.”
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore Jesus said to him, I came into this world, into doom, that they that see not, see, and they that see, be made blind.
New Testament for Everyone   
“I came into the world for judgment,” said Jesus, “so that those who can’t see would see, and so that those who can see would become blind.”
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus told him, “I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then Jesus said, “My coming into this world is itself a judgment—those who cannot see have their eyes opened and those who think they can see become blind.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Jesus said, ‘I came into this world for judgement so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
Jesus said, “I have come into the world to exercise judgment so that those who don’t see can see and those who see will become blind.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Jesus said, “For judgement I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.”
New American Standard Bible   
And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
The Expanded Bible   
Jesus said, “I came into this world ·so that the world could be judged [L for judgment]. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.” [C Those who acknowledge they are spiritually blind will see the truth; and those who think they see spiritually (the Jewish religious leaders) are actually blind; Is. 6:10; 42:19.]
Tree of Life Version   
Yeshua said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who don’t see may see, and the ones who do see may become blind.”
Revised Standard Version   
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
New International Reader's Version   
Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”
BRG Bible   
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Yeshua said, “It is to judge that I came into this world, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Jesus said, `I came into the world so that people may be judged. I came so that those who are blind may see. And I came so that those who see may become blind.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Jesus said, ‘I came into this world for judgement so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, For the sake of Mishpat, I came into the Olam Hazeh, that the ones who are ivrim (blind ones) may see, and the ones seeing may become ivrim.
Names of God Bible   
Then Yeshua said, “I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind.”
Modern English Version   
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that people who are blind could see. And I came so that people who think they see would become blind.”
International Children’s Bible   
Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind could see and so that those who see will become blind.”
Lexham English Bible   
And Jesus said,]] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!”
New International Version - UK   
Jesus said, ‘For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment— so that the ones not seeing may be seeing, and the ones seeing may become blind”.