They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
And as he sowed, some seeds fell on a path, and the birds came and ate them up.
And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
He entered Jericho and was passing through it.
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”