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Matthew 11:5

Some people were blind, but now they can see. Some people were crippled, but now they can walk. Some people had a bad skin sickness, but now their skin is good again. Some people were deaf, but now they can hear. Some people were dead, but now they are alive again. And tell John that you heard us telling the good news to poor people.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

In Context

4Jesus said, “Go back and tell John what you see here.

6Maybe I’m not the sort of person you thought God would send, but just trust me anyway, and God will make you happy.”

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Cross References

Psalms 22:26I will invite people to eat that lunch with me. I will invite lots of people that have trouble, and they will eat until they are full. Some people trust God to help them, and they will all praise him. I pray that God looks after them for ever.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:2-7

John's Disciples Come to Christ. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are… Read the whole commentary →

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