Luke 18:35-43

Contemporary English Version

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

(Matthew 20.29-34; Mark 10.46-52)

³⁵ When Jesus was coming close to Jericho, a blind man sat begging beside the road. ³⁶ The man heard the crowd walking by and asked what was happening. ³⁷ Some people told him that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by. ³⁸ So the blind man shouted, “Jesus, Son of David,^[a] have pity on me!” ³⁹ The people who were going along with Jesus told the man to be quiet. But he shouted even louder, “Son of David, have pity on me!”

⁴⁰ Jesus stopped and told some people to bring the blind man over to him. When the blind man was getting near, Jesus asked, ⁴¹ “What do you want me to do for you?”

“Lord, I want to see!” he answered.

⁴² Jesus replied, “Look and you will see! Your eyes are healed because of your faith.” ⁴³ At once the man could see, and he went with Jesus and started thanking God. When the crowds saw what happened, they praised God.