29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you";

Other Translations of Matthew 9:29

King James Version

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

English Standard Version

29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you."

The Message

29 He touched their eyes and said, "Become what you believe."

New King James Version

29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."

New Living Translation

29 Then he touched their eyes and said, "Because of your faith, it will happen."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 9:29

Commentary on Matthew 9:27-31

(Read Matthew 9:27-31)

At this time the Jews expected Messiah would appear; these blind men knew and proclaimed in the streets of Capernaum that he was come, and that Jesus was he. Those who, by the providence of God, have lost their bodily sight, may, by the grace of God, have the eyes of their understanding fully enlightened. And whatever our wants and burdens are, we need no more for supply and support, than to share in the mercy of our Lord Jesus. In Christ is enough for all. They followed him crying aloud. He would try their faith, and would teach us always to pray, and not to faint, though the answer does not come at once. They followed Christ, and followed him crying; but the great question is, Do ye believe? Nature may make us earnest, but it is only grace that can work faith. Christ touched their eyes. He gives sight to blind souls by the power of his grace going with his word, and he puts the cure upon their faith. Those who apply to Jesus Christ, shall be dealt with, not according to their fancies, nor according to their profession, but according to their faith. Christ sometimes concealed his miracles, because he would not indulge the conceit which prevailed among the Jews, that their Messiah should be a temporal prince, and so give occasion to the people to attempt tumults and seditions.