22. When Yeshua heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all, as much as you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
23. But upon hearing these things, he became deeply distressed, for he was very rich.
24. Gazing at him, Yeshua said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter into the kingdom of God!
25. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
26. Then those who heard said, “Then who can be saved?”
27. But Yeshua said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”
28. Then Peter said, “Look, we’ve left everything of our own to follow You.”
29. And Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
30. who will not receive many times as much in this age; and in the olam ha-ba , eternal life.”
31. Then Yeshua took the twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we’re going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be carried out.
32. He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and He will be mocked and insulted and spat upon.
33. After they have scourged Him, they will kill Him. Yet on the third day, He will rise again.”
34. But they understood none of these things; this message was hidden from them, and they did not understand what He was saying.
35. Now as Yeshua was approaching Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the road, begging.
36. But when he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
37. They told him that Yeshua ha-Natzrati was passing by.
38. And he cried out, saying, “Yeshua, Ben-David, have mercy on me!”
39. And those leading the way were scolding him, so he would be quiet. But he kept shouting all the more, “Ben-David, have mercy on me!”
40. So Yeshua stopped and ordered the blind man to be brought to Him. And when he came near, Yeshua asked him,