"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for He has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to captives and recovery of sight to the blind; to send the downtrodden away in liberty and

Then He told them a story: "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

At that very hour He cured many people of diseases and scourges and evil spirits, and graciously granted sight to many blind persons.

And so He answered them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind are seeing and the crippled are walking, the lepers are being healed and the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised and the poor are having the good news preached to them.

But when you give a reception, make it your habit to invite people that are poor, maimed, crippled, or blind.

So the slave returned and reported these answers to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the crippled, and the blind.'

As He was approaching Jericho, a blind man chanced to be sitting by the roadside begging.