Matthew 20:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
  • Eph 1:17-19 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints, 19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

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  • 34And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.

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    51And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

    52And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.

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    40And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said to him,

    41What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

    42And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.

    43And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

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    30And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

    31And the people gave them orders to be quiet; but they went on crying even louder, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

    32And Jesus, stopping, sent for them, and said, What would you have me do to you?

  • Matt 9:27-30
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    27And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

    28And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

    29Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

    30And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

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    15For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

    16But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • 10So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

  • 26Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?

  • Mark 7:34-35
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    34And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

    35And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

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    35And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

    36And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

  • Mark 8:21-25
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    21And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

    22And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

    23And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

    24And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.

    25Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.

  • 20And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

  • 16But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

  • 40He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

  • 13Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

  • 35And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

  • 23And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:

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  • 4And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

  • 30The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

  • 18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

  • 45Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.

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  • 5Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

  • 18Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

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    40These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

    41Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

  • 31And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.

  • 27For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

  • John 9:14-15
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    14Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

    15So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

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    46And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.

    47And when it came to his ears that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he gave a cry, and said, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

  • 18Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.