5 Then zthe eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
Israel’s Failure to Hear and See
18 Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!
5 fthe blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers1 are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and gthe poor have good news preached to them.
32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 And ttaking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after uspitting touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven, he vsighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 And his ears were opened, his wtongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And Jesus1 xcharged them to tell no one. yBut the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished zbeyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the adeaf hear and the mute speak.”
22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John swhat you have seen and heard: tthe blind receive their sight, the ulame walk, lepers1 are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the vdead are raised up, the wpoor have good news preached to them.
