Matthew 20:30

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Just then, two blind men sitting along side of the road heard that Jesus was passing by that way. [So], they shouted out, “Lord, take pity on us, son of David.”

Cross References

Mark 10:46

Then they [i.e., Jesus and the twelve apostles] came to Jericho [Note: This was a town about 18 miles northeast of Jerusalem]. As He left there with His disciples and a large crowd, they met a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sitting along side the road.

Matthew 22:42

“What do you think about the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen one]? Whose son do you think He is?” They replied, “[He is] the son of David.”

Matthew 21:14

[Then] blind and crippled people came to Him in the Temple and He healed them.

Matthew 21:9

And the crowds that walked ahead and followed behind Him shouted, “Hosanna to the son of David. [Note: The Syriac word ‘Hosanna’ originally meant ‘save now’ but came to be used as an expression of welcome, praise, blessing or acclamation]. May He, who comes in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, be blessed. Hosanna in the highest [i.e., may this blessing reach to the highest heaven].”

Acts 2:30

Since he was a prophet and knew that God had pledged His word that one of his [i.e., David’s] descendants would sit on his throne [as king],

Luke 7:21

At that very time Jesus was healing many people from diseases, those plagued with serious illnesses and those dominated by evil spirits. He [also] restored sight to many blind people.

Luke 4:18

“The Holy Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me [i.e., specially chose me] to preach good news to poor people. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to those who are captives [i.e., to sin]; recovery of sight to the [spiritually as well as physically] blind; to set free those who are oppressed [i.e., by Satan] and

Matthew 15:22

Just then a Canaanite woman came out of that area [Note: Mark 7:26 calls her a Syrophoenician Gentile], crying, “O Lord, son of David, have pity on me. My daughter is seriously troubled by an evil spirit.”

Matthew 13:4

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Matthew 20:31

The crowd spoke harshly to them, telling them to be quiet, but they shouted all the more, “Lord, have pity on us, son of David.”