Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

And those who went before rebuked him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me!

saying, What do you want Me to do for you? He said, Lord, that I may recover my sight.

And immediately he recovered his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and He set the world upon them.

Let the lowly brother rejoice in his exaltation,

Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

So Satan went out from the presence of Jehovah, and struck Job with malignant inflammation from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.

For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.

From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it; only wounds and bruises and fresh stripes; they have not been closed nor bound up, nor has it been softened with oil.

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of my people not come?