Matthew 11:5
Good News Translation
the blind can see, the lame can walk, those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead are brought back to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor.

New Revised Standard Version
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.

Contemporary English Version
The blind are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People with leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.

New American Bible
the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

blind.

Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.

Psalm 146:8 The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.

Isaiah 29:18 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 35:4-6 Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you. . . .

Isaiah 42:6,7 I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles: . . .

Luke 4:18 The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,

Luke 7:21,22 (And in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases and hurts and evil spirits: and to many that were blind he gave sight.) . . .

John 2:23 Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the pasch, upon the festival day, many believed in his name, seeing his signs which he did.

John 3:2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou dost, unless God be with him.

John 5:36 But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to perfect, the works themselves which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 10:25,38 Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me. . . .

John 14:11,12 Believe you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? . . .

Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him, in the midst of you, as you also know:

Acts 4:9,10 If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole: . . .

the lame.

Matthew 15:30,31 And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them: . . .

Matthew 21:14 And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple: and he healed them.

Acts 3:2-8 And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple. . . .

Acts 14:8-10 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked. . . .

the lepers.

Matthew 8:1-4 And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him: . . .

Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.

2 Kings 5:7,14 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me. . . .

the deaf.

Isaiah 43:8 Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.

Mark 7:37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well. He hath made both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.

Mark 9:25 And when Jesus saw the multitude running together, he threatened the unclean spirit, saying to him: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee, go out of him and enter not any more into him.

the dead.

Matthew 9:24,25 He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. . . .

Luke 7:14-16,22 And he came near and touched the bier. And they that carried it stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise. . . .

John 11:43,44 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. . . .

the poor.

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Psalm 22:26 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.

Psalm 72:12,13 For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper. . . .

Isaiah 61:1-3 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up. . . .

Isaiah 66:2 My hand made all these things, and all these things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is poor and little, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?

Zechariah 11:7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter for this, O ye poor of the flock. And I took unto me two rods, one I called Beauty, and the other I called a Cord, and I fed the flock.

Luke 4:18 The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

Context
John's Inquiry
4And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen. 5The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.…
Cross References
Exodus 4:11
The Lord said to him: Who made man's mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? did not I?

Isaiah 29:18
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 29:19
And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 35:5
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Matthew 8:3
And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will, be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.

Matthew 11:4
And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

Matthew 12:13
Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.

Luke 4:18
The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,

John 9:7
And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed: and he came seeing.

Matthew 11:4
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