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 straitly charged them, saying, See that no one knows it.

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those that are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see in the midst of darkness, and of gross darkness.

Say to those that are of a fearful heart, Be comforted, fear not; behold, your God comes with vengeance, with recompense; God himself will come and save you.

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness and will hold thee by thine hand; I will keep thee and place thee as my covenant unto the people as light unto the Gentiles

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are broken,

And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues and of evil spirits, and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, seeing the signs which he did.

the same came to Jesus by night and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that thou doest unless God is with him.

But I have greater testimony than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father has sent me.

Jesus answered them, I have told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me, or else believe me for the very works' sake.

Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know,

if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole,

The lame

And many people came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many other sick and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them,

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

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that entered into the temple,

And a certain man sat at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked;

The lepers

When he was come down from the mountain, many people followed him.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons; freely ye have received, freely give.

And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and to give life, that this man sends unto me to remove the leprosy of this man? Therefore now consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

The dead

he said unto them, Give place, for the maid is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn.

And he came and touched the bier, and those that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

And having said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

General references

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they have become foolish; for they do not know the way of the LORD nor the judgment of their God.

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every weakness among the people.

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

And straightway his ears were opened, and that which bound his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

And he said unto them, The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

And the disciples of John showed him of all these things.