37. They said to Him, “Grant us to sit, one at Your right hand and the other at Your left hand, in Your glory.”
38. But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
39. They said to Him, “We can.”Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink the cup that I drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.
40. But to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to grant. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41. When the ten heard it, they began to be very displeased with James and John.
42. But Jesus called them together, and said, “You know that those who are appointed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43. But it shall not be so among you. Whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
44. and whoever among you would be greatest must be servant of all.
45. For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
46. Then they came to Jericho. And as He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat along the way begging.
47. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48. Many ordered him to keep silent. But he cried out even more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49. Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called.So they called the blind man, saying, “Be of good comfort. Rise, He is calling you.”