Luke 18:35-43<\/a><\/p>\nCompare Matthew 9:27-31; Luke 18:31-34<\/p>\n
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Jesus has the power to give us sight, to enable us to see the things that were always present but that, through our incapacity, we were previously unable to perceive.<\/p>\n
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May it be with us as it was with Bartimaeus:<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd immediately he received his sight,\u201d says Mark 10:52, \u201cand followed Jesus in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
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