Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

The lepers

General references

Bible References

Go

John 1:46
Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip *said to him, “Come and see.”

How

Luke 7:21
At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind.
Luke 18:35
As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
Job 29:15
“I was eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame.
Psalm 146:8
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord raises up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous;
Isaiah 29:18
On that day the deaf will hear words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Isaiah 32:3
Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened
And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Isaiah 42:6
“I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness,
I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the nations,
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;
Jeremiah 31:8
“Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,
And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great company, they will return here.
Matthew 9:28
When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They *said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
Matthew 21:14
And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
John 9:30
The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

The lame

Matthew 15:30
And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.
Acts 3:2
And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.
Acts 8:7
For in the case of many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
Acts 14:8
At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

The lepers

Luke 5:12
While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Luke 17:12
As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;

To

Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,
Zephaniah 3:12
“But I will leave among you
A humble and lowly people,
And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

General references

Matthew 8:23
When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.