Matthew 20:30

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,“Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”

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  • Matt 22:42 : 42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said,“The son of David.”
  • Matt 21:9 : 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
  • Matt 21:14 : 14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.
  • Mark 10:46 : 46 Healing Blind Bartimaeus They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 “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 proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
  • Luke 7:21 : 21 At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.
  • John 9:1-9 : 1 Healing a Man Born Blind Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?” 3 Jesus answered,“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him. 4 We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes 7 and said to him,“Go wash in the pool of Siloam”(which is translated“sent”). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing. 8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some people said,“This is the man!” while others said,“No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting,“I am the one!” 10 So they asked him,“How then were you made to see?” 11 He replied,“The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.” 12 They said to him,“Where is that man?” He replied,“I don’t know.”
  • Acts 2:30 : 30 So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,
  • Rom 1:3-4 : 3 concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh, 4 who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Ps 146:8 : 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
  • Isa 35:5-6 : 5 Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
  • Isa 42:18 : 18 The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
  • Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.
  • Isa 61:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners, 2 to announce the year when the LORD will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn,
  • Matt 9:27-31 : 27 Healing the Blind and Mute As Jesus went on from there, two blind men began to follow him, shouting,“Have mercy on us, Son of David!” 28 When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them,“Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him,“Yes, Lord.” 29 Then he touched their eyes saying,“Let it be done for you according to your faith.” 30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them,“See that no one knows about this!” 31 But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.
  • Matt 12:22-23 : 22 Jesus and Beelzebul Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see. 23 All the crowds were amazed and said,“Could this one be the Son of David?”
  • Matt 15:22 : 22 A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”

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  • Matt 9:26-30
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    26And the news of this spread throughout that region.

    27Healing the Blind and Mute As Jesus went on from there, two blind men began to follow him, shouting,“Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

    28When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them,“Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him,“Yes, Lord.”

    29Then he touched their eyes saying,“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

    30And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them,“See that no one knows about this!”

  • Matt 20:31-34
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    31The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly,“Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

    32Jesus stopped, called them, and said,“What do you want me to do for you?”

    33They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”

    34Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

  • Mark 10:46-52
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    46Healing Blind Bartimaeus They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

    47When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

    48Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

    49Jesus stopped and said,“Call him.” So they called the blind man and said to him,“Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”

    50He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

    51Then Jesus said to him,“What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied,“Rabbi, let me see again.”

    52Jesus said to him,“Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road.

  • Luke 18:35-43
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    35Healing a Blind Man As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

    36When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.

    37They told him,“Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.”

    38So he called out,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

    39And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

    40So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him,

    41“What do you want me to do for you?” He replied,“Lord, let me see again.”

    42Jesus said to him,“Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.”

    43And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

  • Matt 20:29
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    29Two Blind Men Healed As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them.

  • Luke 17:13
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    13raised their voices and said,“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

  • Mark 8:22-24
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    22A Two-stage Healing Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

    23He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked,“Do you see anything?”

    24Regaining his sight he said,“I see people, but they look like trees walking.”

  • John 9:1-2
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    1Healing a Man Born Blind Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

    2His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”

  • Matt 12:22-23
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    22Jesus and Beelzebul Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.

    23All the crowds were amazed and said,“Could this one be the Son of David?”

  • Matt 15:30-31
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    30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

    31As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

  • Matt 15:22-23
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    22A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”

    23But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

  • Matt 17:14
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    14The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

  • Matt 21:14-15
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    14The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

    15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

  • Matt 9:8
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    8When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

  • Mark 10:35-36
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    35The Request of James and John Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said,“Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

    36He said to them,“What do you want me to do for you?”

  • John 9:8
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    8Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

  • Luke 9:38
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    38Then a man from the crowd cried out,“Teacher, I beg you to look at my son– he is my only child!

  • Mark 7:32
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    32They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.

  • Matt 13:16
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    16“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • Matt 21:9
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    9The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

  • Matt 8:28
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    28Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.