22. And hearing this, יהושע said to him, “Yet one you lack: Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”
23. But when he heard this, he became intensely sad, for he was extremely rich.
24. And when יהושע saw that he became intensely sad, He said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the reign of Elohim!
25. “For it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into the reign of Elohim.”
26. And those who heard it said, “And who is able to be saved?”
27. And He said, “What is impossible with men is possible with Elohim.”
28. And Kĕpha said, “See, we have left all and followed You.”
29. And He said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the reign of Elohim,
30. who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come everlasting life.”
31. And taking the twelve aside, He said to them, “See, we are going up to Yerushalayim, and all that have been written by the prophets about the Son of Aḏam shall be accomplished.
32. “For He shall be delivered up to the gentiles and shall be mocked and insulted and spat upon,
33. and having flogged Him they shall kill Him. And on the third day He shall rise again.”
34. But they understood none of this, and this word was hidden from them, and they did not know what was being said.
35. And it came to be, that as He was coming near Yeriḥo, that a certain blind man was sitting by the way begging.
36. And hearing a crowd passing by, he asked what it meant.
37. And they reported to him that יהושע of Natsareth was passing by.
38. And he cried out, saying, “יהושע, Son of Dawiḏ, have compassion on me!”
39. And those going before were rebuking him that he should be silent, but he was crying out much more, “Son of Dawiḏ, have compassion on me!”
40. And יהושע stopped and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him,