He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

At that very hour he cured many of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and to many that were blind he gave sight.

He answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the good news preached to them.

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

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in the poor and the maimed, the blind and the lame.'

As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.