'Blind' in the Bible

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?”“Yes, Lord,” they answered Him.

the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Him. He healed him, so that the man could both speak and see.

Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

and large crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at His feet, and He healed them.

So the crowd was amazed when they saw those unable to speak talking, the deformed restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they gave glory to the God of Israel.

There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple complex, and He healed them.

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’

Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold?

Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so the outside of it may also become clean.

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him.

He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

They came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up; He’s calling for you.”

Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”“Rabbouni,” the blind man told Him, “I want to see!”

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,because He has anointed Meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent Meto proclaim freedom to the captivesand recovery of sight to the blind,to set free the oppressed,

He also told them a parable: “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many blind people.

He replied to them, “Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.

“So the slave came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame!’

As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

Within these lay a large number of the sick—blind, lame, and paralyzed [—waiting for the moving of the water,

As He was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.

His disciples questioned Him: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

Again they asked the blind man, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”“He’s a prophet,” he said.

The Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.

They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

“We know this is our son and that he was born blind,” his parents answered.

So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner!”

He answered, “Whether or not He’s a sinner, I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!”

Throughout history no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.

Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”

Now, look! The Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Suddenly a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking 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,

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.

Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,