30 And behold, there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they[a] heard that Jesus was passing by, they called out, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us,[b] Son of David!” 31 And the crowd rebuked them so that they would be quiet. But they called out all the more, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us,[c] Son of David!” 32 And Jesus stopped,[d] called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:30 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 20:30 Some manuscripts have “Have mercy on us, Lord”
  3. Matthew 20:31 Some manuscripts have “Have mercy on us, Lord”
  4. Matthew 20:32 *Here the participle (“stopped”) is translated as a finite verb because of English style

30 Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David,(A) have mercy on us!”

31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

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