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.

Bible References

Blind

Matthew 9:30
And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, “Be sure that no one finds out!”
Psalm 146:8
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.
Isaiah 29:18
On that day the deaf will hear
the words of a document,
and out of a deep darkness
the eyes of the blind will see.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to the cowardly:
“Be strong; do not fear!
Here is your God; vengeance is coming.
God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”
Isaiah 42:6
“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,
and I will hold You by Your hand.
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people
and a light to the nations,
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me
to proclaim freedom to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,
Luke 7:21
At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many blind people.
John 2:23
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing.
John 3:2
This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”
John 5:36
“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
John 10:25
“I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me.
John 14:11
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe because of the works themselves.
Acts 2:22
“Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know.
Acts 4:9
If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man—by what means he was healed—

The lame

Matthew 15:30
and large crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at His feet, and He healed them.
Matthew 21:14
The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple complex, and He healed them.
Acts 3:2
And a man who was lame from birth was carried there and placed every day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so he could beg from those entering the temple complex.
Acts 14:8
In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth, and who had never walked, sat

The lepers

Matthew 8:1
When He came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. You have received free of charge; give free of charge.
2 Kings 5:7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Think it over and you will see that he is only picking a fight with me.”

The dead

Matthew 9:24
“Leave,” He said, “because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they started laughing at Him.
Luke 7:14
Then He came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And He said, “Young man, I tell you, get up!”
John 11:43
After He said this, He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

General references

Jeremiah 5:4
Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
Matthew 9:35
Then Jesus went to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.
Matthew 21:14
The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple complex, and He healed them.
Mark 7:35
Immediately his ears were opened, his speech difficulty was removed, and he began to speak clearly.
Luke 6:5
Then He told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Luke 7:18
Then John’s disciples told him about all these things. So John summoned two of his disciples

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