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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
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will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
31 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.
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He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;
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they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
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The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
A Blind Beggar Receives His Sight
35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
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When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
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They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
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He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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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!”