And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.
- KJV And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
- BSB “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
- NKJV Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
- NLT And Jesus said to him, “Go, for your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road.
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Jesus heals Bartimaeus, attributing his healing to faith, and the man follows Jesus on the road.
Overview
Jesus declares that the man's faith has made him well, and his sight is restored immediately. Rather than going his own way, Bartimaeus follows Jesus on the road that leads to the cross, becoming a picture of true discipleship. The account closes Mark's section on discipleship: those whom Jesus opens both see and follow Him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- Luke 7:50He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- Mark 8:25Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
- Mark 5:34He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”
- Luke 8:2–3and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
- John 9:32Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
- Matt 15:28Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
- Ps 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
- Isa 42:16–18I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
- Matt 21:14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
- Ps 33:9For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Mark 1:31He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.
- John 9:39Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
- Matt 12:22Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
- Matt 9:28–30When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
- John 9:5–7While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
- Matt 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Isa 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
- Isa 29:18–19In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
- Luke 9:48and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”
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