They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,
Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,
He came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town.
His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit and beg?”