KJV King James Version
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.
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Matthew 9:27
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
WEB World English Bible
As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!”
ASV American Standard Version
And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jesus passing on thence, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, ‘Deal kindly with us, Son of David.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 9
24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See [that] no man know [it].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandπαράγοντιG3855 · paragōto passἐκεῖθενG1564 · ekeithenfrom thereτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦG2424 · IēsousJesusἠκολούθησανG190 · akoloutheōto followαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heδύοG1417 · duotwoτυφλοὶG5185 · tuphlosblindκράζοντεςG2896 · krazōto cryκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγοντες·G3004 · legōto sayἐλέησονG1653 · eleeōto have mercyἡμᾶς,G3165 · memeΔαυίδ.G1138 · Daueid, Dauid, DabidDavid
Cross-references
Matthew 15:22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.Matthew 20:30-31And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, [thou] Son of David.Mark 10:46-48And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.Luke 18:38-39And he cried, saying, Jesus, [thou] Son of David, have mercy on me.Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, 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.Matthew 17:15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.Matthew 22:41-45While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,Mark 9:22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.Mark 11:10Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.Luke 7:21And in that same hour he cured many of [their] infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many [that were] blind he gave sight.John 7:42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?Mark 8:22-23And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.Matthew 21:9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.Matthew 12:22-23Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.Mark 12:35-37And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?Matthew 21:15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,Luke 20:41And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
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