Matthew 20:29-34 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.… Mr. MacGregor, in his recent "Voyage," gives a most interesting account of Mr. Mott's mission to the blind and lame at Beirut. He says, "Only in February last that poor blind fellow who sits on the form there was utterly ignorant. See how his delicate fingers run over the raised types of his Bible, and he reads aloud and blesses God in his heart for the precious news, and for those who gave him the avenue for truth to his heart. 'Jesus Christ will be the first person I shall ever see,' he says, 'for my eyes will be opened in heaven.' Thus even this man becomes a missionary .... At the annual examination of this school, one of the scholars said, I am a little blind boy. Once I could see; but then I fell asleep — a long, long sleep. I thought I should never wake. And I slept till a kind gentleman called Mr. Mott came and opened my eyes — not these eyes,' pointing to his sightless eyeballs, 'but these,' lifting up his tiny fingers — 'these eyes; and oh! they see such sweet words of Jesus, and how He loved the blind.'" Parallel Verses KJV: And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.WEB: As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. |
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