29. Jesus said, “I tell you the truth. Everyone who has left his house, wife, brothers, parents, or children for God’s kingdom
30. will get much more than he left. He will receive many times more in this life. And after he dies, he will live with God forever.”
31. Then Jesus talked to the 12 apostles alone. He said to them, “Listen! We are going to Jerusalem. Everything that God told the prophets to write about the Son of Man will happen!
32. He will be turned over to the non-Jewish people. They will laugh at him, insult him, and spit on him.
33. They will beat him with whips and then kill him. But on the third day after his death, he will rise to life again.”
34. The apostles tried to understand this, but they could not; the meaning was hidden from them.
35. Jesus was coming near the city of Jericho. There was a blind man sitting beside the road, begging for money.
36. When he heard the people coming down the road, he asked, “What is happening?”
37. They told him, “Jesus, the one from Nazareth, is coming here.”
38. The blind man cried out, “Jesus, Son of David! Please help me!”
39. The people who were in front, leading the group, told the blind man to be quiet. But the blind man shouted more and more, “Son of David, please help me!”
40. Jesus stopped and said, “Bring the blind man to me!” When he came near, Jesus asked him,