And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?