32. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.
33. And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.”
34. But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
35. As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
36. And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
37. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
38. And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39. And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”