And he put forth a similitude unto them, "Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both then fall into the ditch?

"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

And at the same time, he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits: and unto many that were blind, he gave sight.

And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Go your ways and show John, what things ye have heard and seen: how that the blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead arise: To the poor is the glad tidings preached,

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind,

And the servant went again, and brought his master word thereof. Then was the good man of the house displeased, and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and quarters of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.'

And it came to pass, as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging.