New American Bible, Revised Edition

Mark 10:41-47 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

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.”