Luke 18:31-19:10

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Jesus heals a blind beggar

³¹ Jesus took the Twelve aside.

“Look,” he said, “we’re going up to Jerusalem. Everything that’s written in the prophets about the son of man will be fulfilled. ³² Yes: he will be handed over to the pagans; he’ll be mocked, abused and spat upon. ³³ They will beat him and kill him; and on the third day he’ll be raised.”

³⁴ They didn’t understand any of this. The word was hidden from them, and they didn’t know what he meant.

³⁵ As they were getting near Jericho there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging. ³⁶ When he heard a crowd passing through the town he asked what was going on.

³⁷ “Jesus of Nazareth is coming by,” people said to him.

³⁸ So he shouted out, “Jesus—David’s son! Have pity on me!”

³⁹ The people who were at the front of the group firmly told him to be silent. But he yelled out all the more, “David’s son! Have pity on me!”

⁴⁰ Jesus stopped, and told them to bring the man to him. When he came up, he asked him, ⁴¹ “What d’you want me to do for you?”

“Master,” he said, “I want to see again.”

⁴² “Then see again,” said Jesus. “Your faith has saved you.”

⁴³ At once he received his sight again, and followed him, glorifying God. And when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

The calling of Zacchaeus

19 They went into Jericho and passed through. ² There was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax-collector, who was very rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a small man, he couldn’t, because of the crowd. ⁴ So he ran on ahead, along the route Jesus was going to take, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him.

⁵ When Jesus came to the place, he looked up. “Zacchaeus,” he said to him, “hurry up and come down. I have to stay at your house today.” ⁶ So he hurried up, came down, and welcomed him with joy.

⁷ Everybody began to murmur when they saw it. “He’s gone in to spend time with a proper old sinner!” they were saying.

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood there and addressed the master.

“Look, Master,” he said, “I’m giving half my property to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I’m giving it back to them four times over.”

⁹ “Today,” said Jesus, “salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ You see, the son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”