Luke 18:43
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Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.
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PARABLE OF THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW. (Luk 18:1-8) always--Compare Luk 18:7, "night and day." faint--lose heart, or slacken.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. The parable of the importunate widow, designed to teach us fervency in prayer (Luk 18:1-8). II. The parable of the Pharisee and publican, designed to teach us humility, and humiliation for sin, in prayer (Luk 18:9-14). III. Christ's favour to little children that were brought to him (Luk 18:15-17). IV. The trial of a rich man that had a mind to follow Christ, whether he loved better Christ or his riches; his coming short upon that trial; and Christ's discourse with his disciples upon that occasion (Luk 18:18-30). V. Christ's foretelling his own death and sufferings (Luk 18:31-34). VI. His restoring sight to a blind man (Luk 18:35-43). And these four passages we had before in Matthew and Mark.
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the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”