And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths they have not known; I will make darkness into light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things for them, and not forsake them.

And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of their gloom and darkness.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises those who are bowed down; Jehovah loves the righteous.

The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

And He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.

And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.

For it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full true knowledge of Him,

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

But this is a people robbed and plundered; all of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses. They are as prey, and no one delivers them; spoils, and no one says, Give it back!

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shined.

that You may say to the prisoners, Go out! To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves! They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be on all the barren heights.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and irons;

therefore He humbled their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was no one to help.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke and tore their bonds apart.

For He has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron in two.

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah lets loose the prisoners.

As for you, by the blood of your covenant I have set free your prisoners from the pit, where there is no water.

Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free with deliverance those who are oppressed;

And He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

and set free those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His possession, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;