Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 20:32

"And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I should do unto you?" — Matthew 20:32 (ASV)

Jesus stood still. At the voice of prayer, the Sun of righteousness paused in His progress. Believing cries can hold the Son of God by the feet.

He called them because they had called Him. What comfort that call brought them! We are not told that they came to Him. There is no need to tell us that. They were at His feet as soon as the words were uttered.

How sadly blind are those who, being called a thousand times by the voice of mercy, yet refuse to come!

Our Lord enlightened minds as well as eyes, and so He intended for the blind men to intelligently feel and express their needs. He puts to them the personal inquiry, What will ye that I shall do unto you? It was not a hard question, yet it is one which many attendants at our places of worship would find it difficult to answer. You say you “wish to be saved.” What do you mean by those words?

Jesus stood still. At the voice of prayer, the Sun of righteousness paused in his progress. Believing cries can hold the Son of God by the feet.

He called them: and this because they had called him. What comfort that call yielded them! We are not told that they came to him: there is no need to tell us that. They were at his feet as soon as the words were uttered.

How sadly blind are those who, being called a thousand times by the voice of mercy, yet refuse to come!

Our Lord enlightened minds as well as eyes, and so he would have the blind men intelligently feel and express their needs. He puts to them the personal enquiry: What will you that I shall do unto you?

It was not a hard question, yet it is one which many an attendant at our places of worship would find it difficult to answer. You say you "wish to be saved": what do you mean by those words?