And they came to Yeriḥo. And as He was leaving Yeriḥo with His taught ones and a large crowd, blind Bartimai, the son of Timai, was sitting by the way begging.
“And as he sowed, some indeed fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
And there was a certain beggar named El‛azar, being covered with sores, who was placed at his gate,”
“And it came to be that the beggar died, and was carried by the messengers to the bosom of Aḇraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
And it came to be, that as He was coming near Yeriḥo, that a certain blind man was sitting by the way begging.
And having entered, He was passing through Yeriḥo.
Therefore the neighbours and those who saw him before, that he was blind, said, “Is not this he who was sitting and begging?”