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Matt. 11:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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blind.

Matt. 9:30• ³⁰And their eyes were opened; and Jesus charged them sharply, saying, See, let no man know it. (Matt. 9:30)

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Psa. 146:8• ⁸Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous; (Psa. 146:8)

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Isa. 29:18• ¹⁸And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and, out of obscurity and out of darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see; (Isa. 29:18)

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Isa. 35:4‑6• ⁴Say to them that are of a timid heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God: vengeance cometh, the recompense of God! He will come himself, and save you.
⁵Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf be unstopped;
⁶then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert. (Isa. 35:4‑6)

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Isa. 42:6‑7• ⁶I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations,
⁷to open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint. (Isa. 42:6‑7)

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Luke 4:18• ¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)

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Luke 7:21‑22• ²¹In that hour he healed many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.
²²And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are evangelized; (Luke 7:21‑22)

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John 2:23• ²³And when he was in Jerusalem, at the passover, at the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought. (John 2:23)

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John 3:2• ²he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God, for none can do these signs that thou doest unless God be with him. (John 3:2)

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John 5:36• ³⁶But I have the witness that is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me that I should complete them, the works themselves which I do, bear witness concerning me that the Father has sent me. (John 5:36)

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John 10:25,38• ²⁵Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye do not believe. The works which I do in my Father's name, these bear witness concerning me:
³⁸but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him. (John 10:25,38)

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John 14:11‑12• ¹¹Believe *me* that I am in the Father and the Father in me; but if not, believe me for the works' sake themselves.
¹²Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works which I do shall he do also, and he shall do greater than these, because I go to the Father. (John 14:11‑12)

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Acts 2:22• ²²Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know (Acts 2:22)

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Acts 4:9‑10• ⁹if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed done to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,
¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by *him* this man stands here before you sound in body. (Acts 4:9‑10)

the lame.

Matt. 15:30‑31• ³⁰and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:
³¹so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. (Matt. 15:30‑31)

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Matt. 21:14• ¹⁴And blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. (Matt. 21:14)

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Acts 3:2‑8• ²and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;
³who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.
⁴And Peter, looking stedfastly upon him with John, said, Look on us.
⁵And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
⁶But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.
⁷And having taken hold of him by the right hand he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones were made strong.
⁸And leaping up he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. (Acts 3:2‑8)

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Acts 14:8‑10• ⁸And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, being lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.
⁹This man heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
¹⁰said with a loud voice, Rise up straight upon thy feet: and he sprang up and walked. (Acts 14:8‑10)

the lepers.

Matt. 8:1‑4• ¹And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
²And behold, a leper came up to him and did him homage, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.
³And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
⁴And Jesus says to him, See thou tell no man, but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses ordained, for a testimony to them. (Matt. 8:1‑4)

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Matt. 10:8• ⁸Heal the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons: ye have received gratuitously, give gratuitously. (Matt. 10:8)

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2 Kings 5:7,14• ⁷And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.
¹⁴Then he went down, and plunged himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. (2 Kings 5:7,14)

the deaf.

Isa. 43:8• ⁸Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. (Isa. 43:8)

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Mark 7:37• ³⁷and they were astonished above measure, saying, He does all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the speechless to speak. (Mark 7:37)

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Mark 9:25• ²⁵But Jesus, seeing that the crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. (Mark 9:25)

the dead.

Matt. 9:24‑25• ²⁴he said, Withdraw, for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him.
²⁵But when the crowd had been put out, he went in and took her hand; and the damsel rose up. (Matt. 9:24‑25)

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Luke 7:14‑16,22• ¹⁴and coming up he touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, Youth, I say to thee, Wake up.
¹⁵And the dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.
¹⁶And fear seized on all, and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised up amongst us; and God has visited his people.
²²And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are evangelized; (Luke 7:14‑16,22)

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John 11:43‑44• ⁴³And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
⁴⁴And the dead came forth, bound feet and hands with graveclothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them, Loose him and let him go. (John 11:43‑44)

the poor.

Matt. 5:3• ³Blessed are the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:3)

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Psa. 22:26• ²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. (Psa. 22:26)

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Psa. 72:12‑13• ¹²For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy: (Psa. 72:12‑13)

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Isa. 61:1‑3• ¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;
²to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
³to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. (Isa. 61:1‑3)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

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Zech. 11:7• ⁷So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. (Zech. 11:7)

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Luke 4:18• ¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)

• We have not, I believe, one case of curing the blind before Christ came. It was a miracle which, according to Jewish tradition, was reserved for the Son of David. He it was who, according to Isaiah 35, was to open the eyes of the blind. (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

• What is it but a testimony of the exceeding tender mercy of God that, while the gospel is intended for all, it is especially adapted to those that know misery, trial, contempt in a selfish world? (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blind men see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:

W. Kelly Translation

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Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)