22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: (A)the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, (B)lepers[a] are cleansed, and (C)the deaf hear, (D)the dead are raised up, (E)the poor have good news preached to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:22 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

(A)Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
    and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
(B)then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
(C)For waters break forth in the wilderness,
    and streams in the desert;

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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
    (F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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The Year of the Lord's Favor

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
(D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
    (E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
    to comfort all who mourn;
to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
    (F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
  3. Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty

18 In that day (A)the deaf shall hear
    (B)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
    (C)the eyes of the blind shall see.
19 (D)The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
    and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

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Listen, my beloved brothers, (A)has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be (B)rich in faith and heirs of (C)the kingdom, (D)which he has promised to those who love him?

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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was (A)crippled from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and (B)seeing that he had faith to be made well,[a] 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he (C)sprang up and began walking.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 14:9 Or be saved

14 (A)And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

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18 (A)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (B)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (C)forgiveness of sins and (D)a place among those who are sanctified (E)by faith in me.’

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14 Then he came up and touched (A)the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, (B)arise.” 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus[a] (C)gave him to his mother.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:15 Greek he

30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them (A)the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31 (B)so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, (C)the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And (D)they glorified (E)the God of Israel.

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28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” 29 (A)Then he touched their eyes, saying, (B)“According to your faith be it done to you.” 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, (C)“See that no one knows about it.”

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12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,[a] (A)who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said to them, “Go and (B)show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, (C)praising God with a loud voice; 16 and (D)he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was (E)a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not (F)ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and (G)give praise to God except this (H)foreigner?” 19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; (I)your faith has (J)made you well.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:12 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
  2. Luke 17:19 Or has saved you

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