43. But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;
44. and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.
45. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
46. Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.
47. 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. Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"