Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."

He also told them a parable: "One blind person can't lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won't they?

Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."

As they came to Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged him to touch him.

Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. He spit into his eyes, placed his hands on him, and asked him, "Do you see anything?"

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (that is, the son of Timaeus) was sitting by the road.

So they called the blind man and told him, "Have courage! Get up. He's calling you." He threw off his coat, jumped up, and went to Jesus.

Then Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man told him, "Rabbouni, I want to see again."

At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind.

So he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have observed and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear again, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.

Instead, when you give a banquet, make it your habit to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

"So the servant went back and reported all this to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and told his servant, "Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring back the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

As Jesus was approaching Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road begging.

and under these a large number of sick people were lying blind, lame, or paralyzed waiting for the movement of the water.

As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth.

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"

So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind.

So they asked the formerly blind man again, "What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he healed?" He said, "He is a prophet."

The Jewish leaders did not believe that the man had been blind and had gained sight until they summoned his parents

and asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?"

His parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

The Jewish leaders summoned the man who had been blind a second time and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."

But he responded, "I don't know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!"

Ever since creation it has never been heard that anyone healed the eyes of a man who was born blind.

Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"

Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, "We see,' your sin still exists."

Others were saying, "These are not the words of a man who is demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?"

But some of them said, "Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?"

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."

The Lord is against you now, and you'll be blind and unable to see the sun for a while!" At that moment a dark mist came over him, and he went around looking for someone to lead him by the hand.

and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.