²⁶ Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”

⁴ Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy.^[a] This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.”

²³ Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?”

³⁶ Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news.

⁴³ Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone what had happened, and then he told them to give her something to eat.

¹⁶ but he warned them not to reveal who he was.

³⁰ Then their eyes were opened, and they could see! Jesus sternly warned them, “Don’t tell anyone about this.”