40 But to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to grant. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard it, they began to be very displeased with James and John.
42 But Jesus called them together, and said, “You know that those who are appointed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43 But it shall not be so among you. Whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever among you would be greatest must be servant of all.
45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
46 Then 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 along the way begging.