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. Then Jesus sternly told them, "See to it that nobody knows about this."

the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Say to those with anxious hearts, "Be strong, do not be afraid! Here is your God he will bring vengeance, he will bring divine retribution, and he will save you.'

"I've called you in righteousness. I'll take hold of your hand. I'll preserve you and appoint you as a covenant to the people, as a light for the nations,

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind.

While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing.

He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."

"But I have a greater testimony than John's, because the actions that the Father has given me to complete the very actions that I am doing testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,

Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of what I've been doing.

"Fellow Israelis, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a man authenticated to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs that God performed through him among you, as you yourselves know.

If we are being questioned today for a good deed done for someone who was sick or to learn how this man was healed,

The lame

Large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to talk, and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he healed them.

Blind and lame people came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple.

Now in Lystra there was a man sitting down who couldn't use his feet. He had been crippled from birth and had never walked.

The lepers

When Jesus came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You have received without payment, so give without payment.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he ripped his clothes and cried out, "Am I God? Can I kill and give life? Is this man sending me a request to heal a man's leprosy? Let's think about this he's looking for a reason to start a fight with me!"

The dead

he said, "Go away! The young lady hasn't died, but is sleeping." But they ridiculed him with laughter.

Then he went up and touched the bier, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

General references

Then I said, "These are only the poor, they're foolish, for they don't know the LORD's way, the requirement of their God.

Then Jesus began traveling throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness.

Blind and lame people came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.

The man's hearing and speech were restored at once, and he began to talk normally.

Then he told them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

John's disciples told him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples