As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out: "Take pity on us, Son of David!"

in fulfillment of these words in the Prophet--'I will speak to them in parables; I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world.'

The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting: "God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!"

"Why, what harm has he done?" he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: "Let him be crucified!"

They spat at him and, taking the rod, kept striking him on the head;

Then they sat down, and kept watch over him there.