As Jesus passed along from there, he was followed by two blind men who shrieked, "Son of David, have pity on us!"

When he went indoors the blind men came up to him, and Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They said, "Yes, sir."

the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead are raised.

Then a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.

It is less than any seed on earth, but when it grows up it is larger than any plant, it becomes a tree, so large that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

He replied, "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind, and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a pit."

And large crowds came to him bringing the lame, and the blind, the dumb, the maimed, and many others; they laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

This made the crowd wonder, to see dumb people speaking, the lame walking, and the blind seeing.

and when two blind men who were sitting beside the road heard Jesus was passing, they shouted, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

Blind and lame people came up to him in the temple and he healed them.

Woe to you, blind guides that you are! you say, 'Swear by the sanctuary, and it means nothing; but swear by the gold of the sanctuary, and the oath is binding.'

You are senseless and blind! for which is the greater, the gold or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred?

You are blind! for which is the greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Blind guides that you are, filtering away the gnat and swallowing the camel!

Blind Pharisee! first clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may be clean as well.

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

Then they reached Bethsaida. A blind man was brought to him with the request that he would touch him.

So he took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village; then, after spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked him, "Do you see anything?"

Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who sat beside the road,

Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." Then they called the blind man and told him, "Courage! Get up, he is calling you."

Jesus spoke to him and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said, "Rabboni, I want to regain my sight."

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

He also told them a parabolic word: "Can one blind man lead another? will they not both fall into a pit?

Jesus at that moment was healing many people of diseases and complaints and evil spirits; he also bestowed sight on many blind folk.

So he replied, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor the gospel is preached.

No, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.

The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was enraged, and said to his servant, 'Quick, go out to the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.'

As he approached Jericho, it chanced that a blind man was seated beside the road begging.

where a crowd of invalids used to lie, the blind, the lame, and folk with shrivelled limbs [waiting for the water to bubble.

As he passed along he saw a man who had been blind from his birth;

and his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, for whose sin ??for his own or for his parents' ??was he born blind?"

They brought him before the Pharisees, this man who had once been blind.

So they asked the blind man once more, "What have you to say about him, for opening your eyes?" The man replied, "I say he is a prophet."

Now the Jews would not believe he had been born blind and had regained his sight, till they summoned the parents of the man who had regained his sight

and asked them, "Is this your son, the son you declare was born blind? How is it that he can see now?"

His parents answered, "This is our son, and he was born blind; we know that.

So the man born blind was summoned a second time, and told, "Now give God the praise; this man, we know quite well, is only a sinner."

To which he replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner; one thing I do know, that once I was blind and now I can see."

It is unheard of, since the world began, that anyone should open a blind man's eyes.

Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

On hearing this the Pharisees who were beside him asked, "And are we blind?"

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty; but, as it is, you claim to have sight ??and so your sin remains."

Others said, "These are not a madman's words. Can a madman open the eyes of the blind?"

Whereupon the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" ??37 though some of them asked, "Could he not have prevented him from dying, when he could open a blind man's eyes?"

See here, the Lord's hand will fall on you, and you will be blind, unable for a time to see the sun." In a moment a dark mist fell upon him, and he groped about for someone to take him by the hand.

and are persuaded that you are a guide to the blind, a light to darkened souls,

Does a soldier provide his own supplies? Does a man plant a vineyard without eating its produce? Does a shepherd get no drink from the milk of the flock?

Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air ??27 no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

whereas he who has not these by him is blind, shortsighted, oblivious that he has been cleansed from his erstwhile sins.

You declare, 'I am rich, I am well off, I lack nothing!' ??not knowing you are a miserable creature, pitiful, poor, blind, naked.