Lk. makes Jesus reply not merely by word, as in Mt. (Matthew 11:5), but first of all by deeds displaying His miraculous power. That Jesus wrought demonstrative cures there and then may be Lk.'s inference from the expression ἀκούετε καὶ βλέπετε, which seems to point to something going on before their eyes. ἐχαρίσατο : a word welcome to Lk. as containing the idea of grace = He granted the boon (of sight).

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Old Testament