disabled people
What does the Bible say about disabled people? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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11The Lord said to him: “Who made the mouth of man? And who has formed the mute and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Was it not I?
14You shall not speak evil of the deaf, nor shall you place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear the Lord your God, for I am the Lord.
9And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.
2And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” 3Jesus responded: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God would be made manifest in him. 4I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no one is able to work. 5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and he made clay from the spittle, and he smeared the clay over his eyes. 7And he said to him: “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated as: one who has been sent). Therefore, he went away and washed, and he returned, seeing.
3And not only that, but we also find glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation exercises patience, 4and patience leads to proving, yet truly proving leads to hope, 5but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
12Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you. 13But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind. 14And you will be blessed because they do not have a way to repay you. So then, your recompense will be in the resurrection of the just.”
12Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you. 13But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind.
31so much so that the crowds wondered, seeing the mute speaking, the lame walking, the blind seeing. And they magnified the God of Israel.
1And Jesus, while passing by, saw a man blind from birth. 2And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” 3Jesus responded: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God would be made manifest in him.
10But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.