Luke 18:31–43

^31aBut when He took the twelve aside, He said to them, “Behold, ^bwe are going up to Jerusalem, and ^call things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be ¹completed.

³²“^aFor He will be ¹delivered over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon,

³³and after they have flogged Him, they will kill Him, and the third day He will rise again.”

³⁴But ^athe disciples understood none of these things, and this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

Bartimaeus Regains His Sight

^35aNow it happened that as ^1bJesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

³⁶Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

³⁷They reported to him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”

³⁸And he called out, saying, “Jesus, ^aSon of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹And those who went ahead were rebuking him so that he would be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “^aSon of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁰And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him, and when he came near, He questioned him,

⁴¹“What do you want Me to do for you?” And he said, “Lord, I want to regain my sight!”

⁴²And Jesus said to him, “¹Receive your sight; ^ayour faith has ²saved you.”

⁴³Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, ^aglorifying God. And when ^ball the people saw it, they gave praise to God.