As Jesus turns the corner on his journey to Jerusalem, he meets a blind man begging for help on the outskirts of Jericho. But is he begging, or is he seeking, and is there a difference? Is he blind, or is he one of the few that can see Jesus clearly? There is, no doubt, a deep irony at play in this encounter. How the blind beggar knows he can trust Jesus, we do not know. Why he trusts Jesus, we do not know. But that he has faith is plain to see in his insistence, and his shouting, and his passionate pursuit of Jesus. Jesus tells him that it is his faith that saves him. He is not, however, the only one changed by this encounter. The whole town ends up praising God, their faith in the Almighty renewed.