38. Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
39. And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized,
40. but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41. And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
42. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
44. and whoever would be first among you must be slaveof 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. And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.
47. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48. And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49. And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.”
50. And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.