Big Healing Book - Matthew 20:30-34

Matthew 20:30-34:

And 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.
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Notes on Matthew 20:30-34:

These blind men paid a social price to get their healing. They had to ignore the peer pressure and the rebukes of the multitude. However, their perseverance got Jesus’ attention! You may have to pay a social price because of unenlightened friends and relatives and even fellow church members who do not believe in divine healing. Be desperate enough to stick with it and get your healing! Don’t let doubters talk you out of it!

You may wonder why Jesus asked two blind men what they wanted! Actually, not everyone who is blind, deaf, or otherwise handicapped (“differently abled” for the “politically correct” crowd) wants to be healed. Jesus did not assume anything; He made them say what they wanted to get. If you want healing, you’ll have to speak it out of your mouth, too.

Not everyone with a condition really wants to be healed! Some people don’t want to be healed because they don’t want to part with their disability payments and have to work. Some people don’t want to be healed because then they would have nothing to complain about to get sympathy. Some deaf or blind people may not want to be healed because they fear losing their friends with similar conditions and being tossed out of the only culture they’ve ever known. Some people just don’t want anything to do with something that involves effort on their part. So you can never just assume that someone wants to be healed.

The fact that they used the phrase “Son of David” showed their faith that Jesus was the prophesied Messiah. Obviously, they knew that He wasn’t David’s literal son like Solomon.

Mark adds a couple of details that Matthew omits – see Mark 10:46-52 and the accompanying Notes on Mark 10:46-52.