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He made their eyes blind and closed their minds so that they might not see with their eyes, understand with their minds, and turn their lives around— and I would heal them.
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Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus' glory; he spoke about Jesus.
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Even so, many leaders believed in him, but they wouldn't acknowledge their faith because they feared that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue.
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They believed, but they loved human praise more than God's glory.