31. Then taking the Twelve [apostles] aside, He said to them, Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written about the Son of Man through and by the prophets will be fulfilled. [Isa. 53:1-12.]
32. For He will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be made sport of and scoffed and jeered at and insulted and spit upon. [Isa. 50:6.]
33. They will flog Him and kill Him; and on the third day He will rise again. [Ps. 16:10.]
34. But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery and hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them.
35. As He came near to Jericho, it occurred that a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
36. And hearing a crowd going by, he asked what it meant.
37. They told him, Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.
38. And he shouted, saying, Jesus, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me!
39. But those who were in front reproved him, telling him to keep quiet; yet he screamed and shrieked so much the more, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me!