18:31 Then 1 Jesus 2 took the twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, 3 and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. 4 18:32 For he will be handed over 5 to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, 6 mistreated, 7 and spat on. 8 18:33 They will flog him severely 9 and kill him. Yet 10 on the third day he will rise again.” 18:34 But 11 the twelve 12 understood none of these things. This 13 saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp 14 what Jesus meant. 15
18:35 As 16 Jesus 17 approached 18 Jericho, 19 a blind man was sitting by the road begging. 18:36 When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on. 18:37 They 20 told him, “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by.” 18:38 So 21 he called out, 22 “Jesus, Son of David, 23 have mercy 24 on me!” 18:39 And those who were in front 25 scolded 26 him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted 27 even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 18:40 So 28 Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar 29 to be brought to him. When the man 30 came near, Jesus 31 asked him, 18:41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, 32 “Lord, let me see again.” 33 18:42 Jesus 34 said to him, “Receive 35 your sight; your faith has healed you.” 36 18:43 And immediately he regained 37 his sight and followed Jesus, 38 praising 39 God. When 40 all the people saw it, they too 41 gave praise to God.