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Because they're not the main character in the story.
You hear the interplay here is between these two blind men on the road to Jericho and Jesus.
But notice there is this crowd that's following him.
And here the way this crowd is described, it is a large crowd that's following him.
And just so you understand where we are situationally from a timeline perspective in Matthew's gospel, Jesus is leaving Jericho, headed to Jerusalem, into the triumphal entry.
This will be our next text in chapter 21.
He's approaching here the culmination of his ministry on his way to ransom many.
And here a large crowd is following him.
Perhaps these are people that have heard his teaching, people that have continually seen his miracles or heard about his miracles, and they are now thronged around him as he's leaving Jerichos.
There's this significant crowd, and this is the crowd that's going to be welcoming him in Jerusalem in chapter 21.
This crowd crying out, laying down palm branches, crying out, "'Hosanna, Hosanna,' in the very next chapter." Hosanna to the son of David.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Do you hear that? A large crowd followed him.
Now here's the warning about the crowd though.
There's a clue that we get over the nature of their heart in this text.
This crowd not only is following Jesus, but you see what else they do in our passage today? They demanded that these blind men keep quiet in verse 31.
They were hopeful that maybe this is in fact the son of David, the promised king from the Old Testament, the Messiah that's going to come, maybe overthrow Rome, bring Israel back to prominence.
A king like this doesn't have time for a couple blind beggars on the side of the road.
We've got more important things to do.
Because they're not the main character in the story.
You hear the interplay here is between these two blind men on the road to Jericho and Jesus.
But notice there is this crowd that's following him.
And here the way this crowd is described, it is a large crowd that's following him.
And just so you understand where we are situationally from a timeline perspective in Matthew's gospel, Jesus is leaving Jericho, headed to Jerusalem, into the triumphal entry.
This will be our next text in chapter 21.
He's approaching here the culmination of his ministry on his way to ransom many.
And here a large crowd is following him.
Perhaps these are people that have heard his teaching, people that have continually seen his miracles or heard about his miracles, and they are now thronged around him as he's leaving Jerichos.
There's this significant crowd, and this is the crowd that's going to be welcoming him in Jerusalem in chapter 21.
This crowd crying out, laying down palm branches, crying out, "'Hosanna, Hosanna,' in the very next chapter." Hosanna to the son of David.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Do you hear that? A large crowd followed him.
Now here's the warning about the crowd though.
There's a clue that we get over the nature of their heart in this text.
This crowd not only is following Jesus, but you see what else they do in our passage today? They demanded that these blind men keep quiet in verse 31.
They were hopeful that maybe this is in fact the son of David, the promised king from the Old Testament, the Messiah that's going to come, maybe overthrow Rome, bring Israel back to prominence.
A king like this doesn't have time for a couple blind beggars on the side of the road.
We've got more important things to do.
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