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Luke 18:36
And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?
Luke 18:36 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 18:36 in other translations
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
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In context
33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.
35 And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.
36 And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?
37 And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.
38 And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
39 And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.
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