He answered, “Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things.

I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.

So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?