Blind Hypocrites, Thieves and Robbers

40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains. 1 Truly, truly, I say to you: he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber." (John 9:40-10:1 ESV)

Jesus implies that the Pharisees are spiritually blind, that they are hard-hearted hypocrites, who deny their own blindness and will not seek the help they desperately need, and that they are thieves and robbers. In contrast, Jesus is the one who has shown Himself able to restore sight to the blind. in following verses, He will reveal Himself as the door and as the Good Shepherd.