Mark 10:35–52

³⁵And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, ‘Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;’ ³⁶and he said to them, ‘What do ye wish me to do for you?’ ³⁷and they said to him, ‘Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;’ ³⁸and Jesus said to them, ‘Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with—to be baptized?’ ³⁹And they said to him, ‘We are able;’ and Jesus said to them, ‘Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized; ⁴⁰but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but—to those for whom it hath been prepared.’ ⁴¹And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John, ⁴²but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, ‘Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them; ⁴³but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister, ⁴⁴and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all; ⁴⁵for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.’

⁴⁶And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus—Bartimaeus the blind—was sitting beside the way begging, ⁴⁷and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, ‘The Son of David—Jesus! deal kindly with me;’ ⁴⁸and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, ‘Son of David, deal kindly with me.’ ⁴⁹And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;’ ⁵⁰and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus. ⁵¹And answering, Jesus saith to him, ‘What wilt thou I may do to thee?’ and the blind man said to him, ‘Rabboni, that I may see again;’ ⁵²and Jesus said to him, ‘Go, thy faith hath saved thee:’ and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.

Chapter 11