- Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
- He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;
- they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again."
- The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
- As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
- When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
- They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."
- He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
- Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"
- Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,
- "What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he replied.
- Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."
- Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.
- Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
- A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
- He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.
- So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
- When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today."
- So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
- All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinner."
- But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
- Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
- For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."