Matthew 11:5 (WEB)

Passage

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,Isaiah 35:5 the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.Isaiah 61:1-4

Nearby Context

Matthew 11:3 and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

Matthew 11:4 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

Matthew 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,Isaiah 35:5 the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.Isaiah 61:1-4

Matthew 11:6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

Matthew 11:7 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Jesus answered them Go and tell John..." into verse 6's "Blessed is he who finds no occasion...", so "blind" and "receive" 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 "receive" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.