And they came to Jericho. And as He was going out from Jericho along with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus the blind man, the son of Timaeus, was sitting alongside the road begging.
And as he sowed, some seed fell alongside the road; and the birds came and devoured them.
But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
And it came to pass that the beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
Now it came to pass, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat alongside the road begging.
And having entered, He passed through Jericho.
Therefore the neighbors and those who previously saw him, that he was blind, were saying, "Is not this he who sat and begged?"