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Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
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He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him;
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they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
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The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
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As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.