Then they came to Jericho. And as He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat along the way begging.
While he sowed, some seeds fell beside the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
There was also a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
“It came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s presence. The rich man also died and was buried.
As He was drawing near Jericho, a certain blind man sat along the way begging.
Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
The neighbors and those who had previously seen that he was blind said, “Is this not he who sat and begged?”