Let them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind man guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

Great crowds of people came to him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. They put them down at his feet, and he cured them;

And the crowds were astonished, when they saw the dumb talking, the cripples made sound, the lame walking about, and the blind with their sight restored; and they praised the God of Israel.

As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

"Rabbi," asked his disciples, "who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

"Neither the man nor the parents," replied Jesus; "but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.

They took the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.

The Jews, however, refused to believe that he had been blind and had gained his sight, until they had called his parents and questioned them.

"Is this your son," they asked, "who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?"

"We know that this is our son," answered the parents, "and that he was born blind;

So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: "Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man."

"I know nothing about his being a bad man," he replied; "one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see."

Since the world began, such a thing was never heard of as any one's giving sight to a person born blind.

And Jesus added: "It was to put men to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind."

Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said: "Then are we blind too?"

"If you had been blind," replied Jesus, "you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say 'We can see,' and so your sin remains.

While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.

Two blind men who were sitting by the road-side, hearing that Jesus was passing, called out: "Take pity on us, Master, Son of David!"

Others said: "This is not the teaching of one who is possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?"

But some of them said: "Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?"

Alas for you, you blind guides! You say 'if any answer by the Temple, his oath counts for nothing; but, if any one swears by the gold of the Temple, his oath is binding him'!

Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?

Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?

You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

'He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn--And I should heal them.'

No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;

On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant 'Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.'

As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road-side, begging.

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

Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man's eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him: "Do you see anything?"

They came to Jericho. When Jesus was going out of the town with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road-side.

Then Jesus stopped. "Call him," he said. So they called the blind man. "Courage!" they exclaimed. "Get up; he is calling you."

"What do you want me to do for you?" said Jesus, addressing him. "Rabboni," the blind man answered, "I want to recover my sight."