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Matthew 11:5 KJV
Matthew · chapter 11 · verse 5
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.Matthew 11:5 · King James Version
Matthew 11:5 in context
3And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
4Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
5The 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.
6And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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Key words (Strong's)
- cleansedkatharizōto make clean, cleanse, from physical stains and dirt, utensils, food, a leper, to…G2511 →
- lepersleprosscaly, rough, leprous, affected with leprosyG3015 →
- blindtyphlosblind, mentally blindG5185 →
- sightanablepōto look up, to recover sightG308 →
- lamechōloslame, deprived of a foot, maimedG5560 →
- walkperipateōto walk, to make one s way, progress to make due use of opportunities, Hebrew for, to…G4043 →
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The first verse of this chapter some join to the foregoing chapter, and make it (not unfitly) the close of that. 1. The ordination sermon which Christ preached to his disciples in the foregoing chapter is here called his commanding them. Note, Christ's commissions imply commands.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6