And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?

"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

In that hour he healed many [people] of diseases and suffering and evil spirits, and he granted sight to many blind [people].

And he answered [and] said to them, "Go [and] tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear; the dead are raised, the poor have good news announced to [them].

But whenever you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

And the slave came [and] reported these [things] to his master. Then the master of the house became angry [and] said to his slave, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame!'

Now it happened that as he drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting on the side of the road begging.