'Blind' in the Bible

As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, "Pity us, Son of David."

"blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them;

At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."

Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,

so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

And the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He cured them.

"Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "'Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'

"Blind fools! Why, which is greater? --the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy?

"You are blind! Why, which is greater? --the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!

Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also.

And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

Then Jesus stood still. "Call him," He said. So they called the blind man. "Cheer up," they said; "rise, he is calling you."

"What shall I do for you?" said Jesus. "Rabboni," replied the blind man, "let me recover my sight."

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,

He also spoke to them in figurative language. "Can a blind man lead a blind man?" He asked; "would not both fall into the ditch?

He immediately cured many of diseases, severe pain, and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He gave the gift of sight.

Then He answered the messengers, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind men receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are purified, deaf persons hear, the dead are raised to life, the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them.

But when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;

"So the servant came and brought these answers to his master, and they stirred his anger. "'Go out quickly,' he said, 'into the streets of the city--the wide ones and the narrow. You will see poor men, and crippled, blind, lame: fetch them all in here.'

As Jesus came near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the way-side begging.

In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

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

So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"

"Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.

They brought him to the Pharisees--the man who had been blind.

And there was a division among them. So again they asked the once blind man, "What is your account of him? --for he opened your eyes." "He is a Prophet," he replied.

The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,

"Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"

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

A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."

"Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."

From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth.

"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."

These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are *we* also blind?"

"If you were blind," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin; but as a matter of fact you boast that you see. So your sin remains!"

Others argued, "That is not the language of a demoniac: and can a demon open blind men's eyes?"

But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"

The Lord's hand is now upon you, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the light of day." Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and, as he walked about, he begged people to lead him by the hand.

and have persuaded yourself that, as for you, you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins.

For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God;

You say, I am rich, and have wealth stored up, and I stand in need of nothing; and you do not know that if there is a wretched creature it is *you* -- pitiable, poor, blind, naked.