OUR FATHER WHO SENT HIS SON TO BRING SIGHT TO THE BLIND

The Lord, moving inexorably towards Jerusalem, left the city of Jericho with a large contingent of followers with him.

Along the roadside were two blind men who heard that Jesus was about to pass their location and so, addressing Him by the title Son of David, they began to call out for the Lord to have mercy on them. The people around Jesus, not wanting the Lord to be bothered by random people along the road, tried to silence the two men but they ignored the directives to be quiet and yelled even louder for the Lord to have mercy on them.

Matthew chapter 20 verses 29 - 34 records the narrative this way,

29 Now as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. 30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”

31 Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”

32 So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

33 They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” 34 So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.

The commotion along the road caught Jesusˋ attention and He stopped and called the two men to Himself and asked them what they were clamoring for.

They told Jesus that they wanted to have their eyes opened.

The zenith of Jesusˋ mission was rapidly approaching and the political temperature was rising sharply against Jesus as His influence grew in Samaria, Judea and even in Jerusalem. The religious leaders were actively seeking ways to destroy His ministry and they were putting out bounties for His arrest.

Under this tense atmosphere, Jesus, confronted by the two blind and desparate men, felt compassion for them and He touched their eyes which brought immediate restoration of their sight and they threw their lot in with Jesus and followed Him.

Amen.

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