New English Translation

Mark 10:41-46 New English Translation (NET)

41. Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.

42. Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

43. But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

44. and whoever wants to be first 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. They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.