Matthew 11:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Blind

The lame

The lepers

Matthew 8:1

Matthew 10:8

2 Kings 5:7

The dead

Matthew 9:24

Luke 7:14

John 11:43

General references

Bible References

Blind

And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, "See that no one knows about it."

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.

In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.

Say to those who have an anxious heart, "Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you."

"I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many who were blind he bestowed sight.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."

But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.

Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me,

Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

"Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know--

if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

The lame

And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.

Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked.

The lepers

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me."

The dead

he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him.

Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise."

When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

General references

Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

And he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John,