Matthew 11:5 (DRB)

Passage

The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Nearby Context

Matthew 11:3 Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?

Matthew 11:4 And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

Matthew 11:5 The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Matthew 11:6 And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

Matthew 11:7 And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blind", "lame", "walk", "lepers", "cleansed", "deaf", "hear", and "dead". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blind" and "lame", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And Jesus making answer said to them..." into verse 6's "And blessed is he that shall not...", so "blind" and "lame" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blind" and "lame" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.