38. But 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 that I am baptized with?”
39. And they said to him, “We are able.” So Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with,
40. but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41. And when they heard this, the ten began to be indignant about James and John.
42. And Jesus called them to himself and said to them, “You know that those who are considered to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their people in high positions exercise authority over them.
43. But it is not like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
44. and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be the slave of all.
45. For even the Son of Man did not come 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 setting out from Jericho along with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.
47. And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48. And many people warned him that he should be quiet. But he was crying out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49. And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”