36. And He said to them, “What do you wish Me to do for you?”
37. And they said to Him, “Grant us to be seated in Your esteem, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left.”
38. But יהושע said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with?”
39. And they said to Him, “We are able.” And יהושע said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the immersion I am immersed with you shall be immersed,
40. but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41. And when the ten heard it, they began to be sorely displeased with Ya‛aqoḇ and Yoḥanan.
42. And יהושע, calling them near, said to them, “You know that those who think to rule the gentiles are masters over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43. “But it is not so 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 servant of all.
45. “For even the Son of Aḏam did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
46. And they came to Yeriḥo. And as He was leaving Yeriḥo with His taught ones and a large crowd, blind Bartimai, the son of Timai, was sitting by the way begging.
47. And when he heard that it was יהושע of Natsareth, he began to cry out and to say, “יהושע, Son of Dawiḏ, have compassion on me!”
48. And many were reprimanding him to be silent, but he cried out all the more, “Son of Dawiḏ, have compassion on me!”