They came to Yericho. As he went out from Yericho, with his talmidim and a great multitude, the son of Timai, Bar-Timai, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
A certain beggar, named El'azar, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Avraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
It happened, as he came near Yericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
He entered and was passing through Yericho.
The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, *Isn't this he who sat and begged?*