30. will be given much more in this life. And in the future world they will have eternal life.”
31. Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said:We are now on our way to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will happen there.
32. He will be handed over to foreigners, who will make fun of him, ill-treat him, and spit on him.
33. They will beat him and kill him, but three days later he will rise to life.
34. The apostles did not understand what Jesus was talking about. They could not understand, because the meaning of what he said was hidden from them.
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, 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!”