35 (A)And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

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35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.(A)

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(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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Then will the eyes of the blind be opened(A)
    and the ears of the deaf(B) unstopped.
Then will the lame(C) leap like a deer,(D)
    and the mute tongue(E) shout for joy.(F)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams(G) in the desert.

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12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and (A)glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

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12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God,(A) saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”(B)

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(A)the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and (B)the poor have good news preached to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:5 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:5 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

(A)Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
    and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
    (B)and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.

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Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,(A)
    and the ears(B) of those who hear will listen.
The fearful heart will know and understand,(C)
    and the stammering tongue(D) will be fluent and clear.

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For (A)he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

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For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,(A) and it stood firm.

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