Matthew 20:33

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
  • Eph 1:17-19 : 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

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

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

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

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    40 So 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.”

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

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

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    30 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!”

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

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

  • Matt 9:27-30
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    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!”

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    15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

    16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • 10 So they asked him,“How then were you made to see?”

  • 26 Then they said to him,“What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”

  • Mark 7:34-35
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    76%

    34 Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh,“Ephphatha”(that is,“Be opened”).

    35 And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

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    35 The 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.”

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

  • Mark 8:21-25
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    21 Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”

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

    23 He 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?”

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

    25 Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

  • 20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said,“O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see.” The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

  • 16 (but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

  • 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

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

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

  • 23 Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately,“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

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

  • 4 Peter looked directly at him(as did John) and said,“Look at us!”

  • 30 The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

  • 18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

  • 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

  • 12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

  • 5 Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

  • 18 The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

  • John 9:40-41
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    40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”

    41 Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • 31 At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

  • 27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’

  • John 9:14-15
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    14 (Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

    15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied,“He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see.”

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    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.

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

  • 18 Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!