^23 (A)And all the people were amazed, and said, ^(B)“Can this be the Son of David?”

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

^27 (A)And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, ^(B)Son of David.”

²⁹ “Come, see a man ^(A)who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”

⁴² saying, “What do you think about ^(A)the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, ^(B)“The son of David.” ⁴³ He said to them, “How is it then that David, ^(C)in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

Division Among the People

⁴⁰ When they heard these words, ^(A)some of the people said, “This really is ^(B)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(C)the Christ.” But some said, ^(D)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ^(E)from the offspring of David, and comes ^(F)from Bethlehem, the village ^(G)where David was?”

⁹ And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, ^(A)“Hosanna to ^(B)the Son of David! ^(C)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna ^(D)in the highest!”

³⁰ And great crowds came to him, bringing with them ^(A)the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, ^31 (B)so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, ^(C)the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And ^(D)they glorified ^(E)the God of Israel.

³³ And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds ^(A)marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”

²² And behold, ^(A)a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, ^(B)“Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.”