Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³² And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went before them. And they were amazed, and as they followed, were afraid. And Jesus took the twelve again, and began to tell them the things that would happen to him: ³³ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the high priests and to the scribes. And they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles. ³⁴ And they will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and kill him. And the third day he will rise again.

⁴⁶ And they came to Jericho. And as he was going out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, Bartimaeus the son of Timeus, who was blind, sat by the side of the high road, begging. ⁴⁷ And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to call out and to say, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me! ⁴⁸ And many people admonished him to hold his peace. But he cried the more a great deal, Son of David, have mercy on me!

⁴⁹ And Jesus stood still and directed that he be called. And they called the blind man, saying to him, Be of good comfort. Rise, he has called you.

⁵⁰ And he threw away his cloak, and rose and came to Jesus. ⁵¹ And Jesus spoke and said to him, What do you want me to do for you? The blind man said to him, Teacher, that I could see! ⁵² Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has saved you.

And immediately the man received his sight, and followed Jesus in the road.