Matthew 9:27

Healing the Blind and Mute

9:27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, ¹  “Have mercy ²  on us, Son of David!” ³ 

Matthew 12:22

Jesus and Beelzebul

12:22 Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus ⁴  healed him so that he could speak and see. ⁵ 

Matthew 23:17

23:17 Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

[9:27]  ¹ tn Grk “shouting, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[9:27]  ² sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace.

[9:27]  ³ sn There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[12:22]  ⁴ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “demoniac, and he healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.”