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| | Then James and John, Zebedee's sons, approached Jesus to say, "Teacher, could we ask you for a favor?" Jesus replied, "What would you like?" They requested, "Give us the highest seats of honor in your glory, with one of us at your right hand and the other at your left!" But Jesus replied to them, "You don't know what you're asking. Can you drink the same cup as I, and accept the same baptism that I will endure?" hey replied, "Sure we can." Jesus then told them, "You will drink same cup as I, and be baptized as I will. Alas, the seats on my left and right hands are not for me to distribute. They are destined for others, and will be given to them." | | Then James and John, Zebedee's sons, approached Jesus to say, "Teacher, could we ask you for a favor?" Jesus replied, "What would you like?" They requested, "Give us the highest seats of honor in your glory, with one of us at your right hand and the other at your left!" But Jesus replied to them, "You don't know what you're asking. Can you drink the same cup as I, and accept the same baptism that I will endure?" hey replied, "Sure we can." Jesus then told them, "You will drink same cup as I, and be baptized as I will. Alas, the seats on my left and right hands are not for me to distribute. They are destined for others, and will be given to them." |
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| | + | Jesus gathered them together and said, "You know that those who rule over the Gentiles rule like lords over them, and those with great titles exercise authority over them. It will be different for you. Anyone who wants to be great among you will first have to wait on you. Whoever has first rank will be the servant of all others. Because even I, the Son as man, did not come to be waited on, but to wait on others, and give My life as payment for the souls of all." |
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| + | They reached [[Jericho]]. As Jesus and His students emerged from the city, followed by a large crowd of people, they saw a blind man named Bartimaeus [pronounced bar-tih-MEE-uhs] son of Timaeus begging by the side of the road. When He heard that Jesus of Nazareth was there, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." Others told him to shut up, but he only shouted louder, "You, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Jesus stopped in His tracks, asking that he be called over. Followers then welcomed the blind man, telling him, "Take heart and get up; He's calling you." Arising, the man threw off his coat and came to Jesus. Jesus said to the blind man: "What do you want Me to do for you?" The man replied: "Sir, I want you to make me able to see." Jesus said to him: "Go on your way; you have been healed because of your faith." The man immediately found that he could see, and started to follow Jesus' teachings. |
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| − | |<span id="10:46"></span>And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
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| − | |<span id="10:47"></span>And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
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| − | |<span id="10:49"></span>And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
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| − | |<span id="10:50"></span>And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
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| − | |<span id="10:51"></span>And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
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| − | |The original word used was '''Ραββουνι''' (''Rabboni''), an Aramaic word meaning the same thing as ''rabbi'', which can mean "Master" or simply "Sir" as we use it.
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| − | |<span id="10:52"></span>And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |