33. He said, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the ruling kohanim and the Torah scholars. They will condemn Him to death and hand Him over to the Gentiles.
34. They will mock Him and spit on Him, scourge Him and kill Him. Yet after three days, He will rise again!”
35. Then Jacob and John, the sons of Zebedee, come up to Him, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.”
36. And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
37. They said to Him, “Let us sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.”
38. But Yeshua answered them, “You don’t know what you’re asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink, or endure the immersion I must endure?”
39. They said to Him, “We are able.” And Yeshua said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will endure the immersion I must endure.
40. But to sit on My right or left is not Mine to grant—it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41. Now when the ten heard, they started to get angry with Jacob and John.
42. And calling them over, Yeshua said to them, “You know those recognized as rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones play the tyrant over them.
43. Yet it is not this way among you. But whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant,
44. and whoever wants 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 as a ransom for many.”
46. Then they came to Jericho. Now as Yeshua was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
47. When he heard that it was Yeshua of Natzeret, he began to cry out, “Ben-David, Yeshua! Have mercy on me!”
48. Many were warning him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, “Ben-David, have mercy on me!”
49. Yeshua stopped and said, “Call him over.” So they call the blind man, saying, “Take heart! Get up, He’s calling you!”
50. Throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and came to Yeshua.