40 But it isn't for me to say who will sit at my right side and at my left. This is for God to decide.”
41 When the ten other disciples heard this, they were angry with James and John.
42 But Jesus called the disciples together and said:You know that those foreigners who call themselves kings like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over the people they rule.
43 But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others.
44 And if you want to be first, you must be everyone's slave.
45 The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.
46 Jesus and his disciples went to Jericho. And as they were leaving, they were followed by a large crowd. A blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting beside the road.