Luke 7:22

Easy To Read Version

Then Jesus said to John’s followers, “Go tell John the things that you saw and heard here. Blind people are healed and can see. Crippled people are healed and can walk. People with leprosy {\cf2\super [130]} are healed. Deaf people are healed and can hear. Dead people are given life. And the Good News \{about God’s kingdom\} is given to the poor people.

Cross References

Job 29:15

I was the eyes for blind people.\par \{I led them where they wanted to go.\}\par I was the feet for crippled people.\par \{I carried them where they wanted to go.\}\par

Psalm 146:8

The Lord helps blind people see again.\par The Lord helps people who are in trouble.\par The Lord loves good people.\par

Isaiah 42:16

Then I will lead the blind people\par in a way they never knew.\par I will lead the blind people\par to places they have never been before.\par I will change darkness into light for them.\par And I will make the rough ground smooth.\par I will do the things I promised!\par And I will not leave my people.\par

Isaiah 43:8

\{God says,\}“Bring out the people that have eyes but are blind. Bring out the people that have ears but are deaf. {\cf2\super [385]}

Jeremiah 31:8

Remember, I will bring Israel\par from that country in the north.\par I will gather the people of Israel\par from the faraway places on earth.\par Some of the people will be blind and crippled.\par Some of the women will be pregnant\par and ready to give birth.\par But many, many people will come back.\par

Zephaniah 3:12

I will let only meek and humble people stay in my city (Jerusalem). And they will trust the Lord’s name.

Matthew 11:5

Blind people are able to see again; crippled people are able to walk again; people that have leprosy {\cf2\super [131]} are healed; deaf people can hear again; dead people are raised from death; and the Good News {\cf2\super [132]} is told to the poor people.

Matthew 21:14

Some blind people and some crippled people came to Jesus in the temple {\cf2\super [289]} area. Jesus healed these people.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord (God) has come to me.\par God chose me to tell good news to people\par that are poor.\par God sent me to tell people who are\par prisoners that they are free,\par and to tell the blind people\par that they can see again.\par God sent me to free the weak people\par from their suffering\par

Luke 7:21

At that time, Jesus healed many people of their sicknesses, diseases, and evil spirits \{from the devil\}. Jesus healed many blind people so that they could see again.

Luke 7:23

What great blessings there are for the person that can accept {\cf2\super [131]} me!”

John 1:46

But Nathanael said to Philip, “Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?”

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Acts 8:7

Many of these people had evil spirits \{from the devil\} inside them. But Philip made the evil spirits leave them. The spirits made a loud noise when they came out. There were also many weak and crippled people there. Philip made these people well, too.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor people in the world to be rich with faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to people who love him.