Luke 18:20-43

²⁰You know the commandments — Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honour your father and your mother.”

²¹“I have observed all these,” he replied, “from childhood.”

²²Hearing this, Jesus said to him, “There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”

²³But the man became greatly distressed on hearing this, for he was extremely rich.

²⁴Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

²⁵It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!”

²⁶“Then who can be saved?” asked those who heard this.

²⁷But Jesus said, “What is impossible with people is possible with God.”

²⁸“But we,” said Peter, “we left what belonged to us and followed you.”

²⁹“I tell you,” he answered, “that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

³⁰who will not receive many times as much in the present, and in the age that is coming eternal life.”

³¹Gathering the Twelve around him, Jesus said to them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the prophets will be done to the Son of Man.

³²For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat on;

³³they will scourge him, and then put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.”

³⁴The apostles did not comprehend any of this. His meaning was unintelligible to them and they did not understand what he was saying.

³⁵As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.

³⁶Hearing a crowd going by, the man asked what was the matter;

³⁷and, when people told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing,

³⁸he shouted out, “Jesus, Son of David, take pity on me!”

³⁹Those who were in front kept telling him to be quiet, but he continued to call out the louder, “Son of David, take pity on me!”

⁴⁰Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. And, when he had come close up to him, Jesus asked him,

⁴¹“What do you want me to do for you?” “Master,” he said, “I want to recover my sight.”

⁴²And Jesus said, “Recover your sight, your faith has delivered you.”

⁴³Instantly he recovered his sight, and began to follow Jesus, praising God. And all the people, on seeing it, gave glory to God.