Matthew 9 · Verse 29

Matthew 9:29

Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
Matthew 9:29, King James Version

Matthew 9:29 in other translations

BSBThen He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
WEBThen he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
ASVThen touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you.
YLTThen touched he their eyes, saying, ‘According to your faith let it be to you,'
DARBYThen he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it unto you.
BBEThen he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.
WebsterThen he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it to you.

What does Matthew 9:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you--not, Receive a cure proportioned to your faith, but, Receive this cure as granted to your faith. Thus would they carry about with them, in their restored vision, a gracious seal of the faith which drew it from their compassionate Lord.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 According to your faith - See on Mat 8:13 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…

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Matthew 9:29 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τότεtoteThenG5119
ἥψατοhēpsatoHe touchedG681
τῶνtōntheG3588
ὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōneyesG3788
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
λέγων·legōnsaying;G3004
κατὰkataAccording toG2596
τὴνtēntheG3588
πίστινpistinfaithG4102
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
γενηθήτωgenēthētōit should be [done]G1096
ὑμῖν.huminto you.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 9:29

  • Matthew 15:28

    Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

  • Mark 10:52

    And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

  • Matthew 9:22

    But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

  • Matthew 8:13

    And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

  • Matthew 20:34

    So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

  • Matthew 8:6-7

    And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

  • John 9:6-7

    When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
touched.
20:34; Joh 9:6,7
According.
8:6,7,13; 15:28; Mr 10:52

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 9:28

    And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

  • Matthew 9:29

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

  • Matthew 9:30

    And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

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Matthew 9:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces tocó los ojos de ellos, diciendo: Conforme á vuestra fe os sea hecho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors il toucha leurs yeux, disant: Qu’il vous soit fait selon votre foi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann rührte er ihre Augen an und sprach: Euch geschehe nach eurem Glauben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc tetigit oculos eorum, dicens: Secundum fidem vestram, fiat vobis.