Bible verse
As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
Luke 18:35 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 18.
31 Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
32 He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
33 They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
34 But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
35 As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.
36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
37 “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.
38 So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
KJV
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
ASV
And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
ERV
And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
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