37. They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.”
38. Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
39. They said to him, “We can.” 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 or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41. When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John.
42. Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt.
43. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant;
44. whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.
45. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
46. They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.
47. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.”
48. And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.”
49. Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage; get up, he is calling you.”
50. He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
51. Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.”
52. Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.