Matthew 20:34
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Matthew 20:34 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
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King James Version Public Domain
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now, having had compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. And immediately they saw again, and they followed him.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
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King James Version Public Domain
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes: and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And Iesus mooued with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediatly their eyes receiued sight, and they followed him.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and followed him.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now, having had compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. And immediately they saw again, and they followed him.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Yeshua, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Jesus had pity on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed him.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
Iesus had compassion on the and touched their eyes. And immediatly their eyes receaved syght. And they folowed him.
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- Appears 2× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Genitive
- Number
- Plural
- Gender
- Neuter
Full Thayer's Definition
- σπλαγχνισθεὶς splanchnízomai G4697 “to have compassion” Verb, Aorist, Passive deponent, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs G2424 “Jesus” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ἥψατο háptomai G680 “to cling to” Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- τῶν ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Plural, Neuter
- ὀμμάτων ómma G3659 “eye” Noun, Genitive, Plural, Neuter
- αὐτῶν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- εὐθέως euthéōs G2112 “immediately” Adverb
- ἀνέβλεψαν anablépō G308 “to look up” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἠκολούθησαν akolouthéō G190 “to follow” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- αὐτῷ autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Dative, Singular, Masculine
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 14
- words
- 11
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is ὀμμάτων eye G3659 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- ὀμμάτων eye G3659
Shared distinctive vocabulary
ὀμμάτων eye G3659 occurs in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Cross-references
18Topical passages linked to Matthew 20:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you."
- Psalms 145:8 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, Slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
- Luke 22:51 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched his ear, and healed him.
- Hebrews 4:15–16 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
- Psalms 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I observe your word.
- Psalms 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.
- Matthew 8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
- Matthew 14:14 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Matthew 15:32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
- Mark 7:33 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
- Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
- Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
- Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
- Luke 18:43 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
- John 9:6–7 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,
- John 11:33–35 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- 1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
- Hebrews 2:17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Matthew, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 14 words (11 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ómma (“eye”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “eye” (ómma) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- This is the first place “eye” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
- How does Mark 8:23, which shares the word «eye», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “the” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Bengel's Gnomon and Expositor's Greek Testament read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 11 distinct Greek lemmas span 14 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Matthew 20:34 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.