New Revised Standard Version
As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus was coming close to Jericho, a blind man sat begging beside the road.

New American Bible
Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging.

Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging.

as.

Matthew 20:29,30 And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. . . .

Mark 10:46,47 And they came to Jericho. And as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a very great multitude, Bartimeus the blind man, the son of Timeus, sat by the way side begging. . . .

begging.

Luke 16:20,21 And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores, . . .

1 Samuel 2:8 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

John 9:8 The neighbours, therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he.

Acts 3:2 And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple.