Jesus cures the Blind

253	JESUS CURES the BLIND
Matt 20		Mark 10		Luke 18
		46	And they came to Jericho;	35	As he drew near to Jericho,
29	And		and
	as they went out of Jericho,		as he was leaving Jericho
			with his disciples
	a great crowd		and a great multitude,*
	followed him.
30	And behold,
			Bartimae'us,
	two blind [men]		a blind beggar,		a blind [man]
			the son of Timae'us,
	sitting by the roadside,		was sitting by the roadside.		was sitting by the roadside
					begging;
31	when they heard that	47	And when he heard that	36	and hearing
					a multitude* going by,
					he inquired
					what this meant.
				37	They told him,
	Jesus		it was Jesus of Nazareth,		"Jesus of Nazareth
	was passing by,				is passing by."
	cried out,		he began to cry out and say,	38	And he cried,
**	"<Lord,>		"Jesus, Son of David,*		"Jesus, Son of David,*
	have mercy on us,		have mercy on me!"		have mercy on me!"
	Son of David!"*
				39	And those who were in front
32	The crowd rebuked them,	48	And many rebuked him,		rebuked him,
	telling them to be silent;		telling him to be silent;		telling him to be silent;
	but		but		but
	they cried out all the more,		he cried out all the more,		he cried out all the more,
	"Lord,		"Son of David, *		"Son of David,*
	have mercy on us,		have mercy on me!"		have mercy on me!"
	Son of David!"*
32	And Jesus stopped	49	And Jesus stopped	40	And Jesus stopped
	and called them, saying,		and said, "Call him."		and commanded him
					to be brought to him;
			And
			they called the blind man,
			saying to him, "Take heart;
			rise, he is calling you."
		50	'And throwing off his mantle
			he sprang up
			and came to Jesus.		and when he came near,
		51	And Jesus said to him,		he asked him,
	"What do you want		"What do you want	41	"What do you want
	me to do for you?"		me to do for you?"		me to do for you?"
			And
33	They said to him,		the blind man said to him,		He said,
	"Lord,		"<Rabbouni>,		"Lord,
	let our eyes be opened."		let me receive my sight."		let me receive my sight."
34	And Jesus	52	And Jesus said to him,	42	And Jesus said to him,
	in pity touched their eyes,
			"Go your way;		"Receive your sight;
			your faith has made you well."		your faith has made you well."
	and immediately		And immediately	43	And immediately
	they received their sight		he received his sight		he received his sight
	and followed him.		and followed him		and followed him,
			on the way.		glorifying God;
					and all the people,
					when they saw it,
					gave praise to God.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
Copyright © 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order
[man]	Word in RSV but not Greek text.
<Lord>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
244	Sequence in synoptic outlines