Mark 10:33-52

33“See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles,

34and they will mock him, spit on him, flog him, and kill him, and he will rise after three days.”

35James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you.”

36“What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.

37They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”

38Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”

39“We are able,” they told him. Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.

40But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

41When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.

42Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.

43But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,

44and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.

45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

46They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

48Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me, Son of David!”

49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up; he’s calling for you.”

50He threw off his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

51Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Rabboni,” the blind man said to him, “I want to see.”

52Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has saved you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Jesus on the road.