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They said to him, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory."
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Jesus said, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink the cup that I'm going to drink? Can you be baptized with the baptism that I'm going to receive?"
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"We can," they told him. Jesus told them, "You will drink the cup that I'm going to drink. You will be baptized with the baptism that I'm going to receive.
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But I don't have the authority to grant you a seat at my right or left. Those positions have already been prepared for certain people."
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When the other ten apostles heard about it, they were irritated with James and John.
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Jesus called the apostles and said, "You know that the acknowledged rulers of nations have absolute power over people and their officials have absolute authority over people.
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But that's not the way it's going to be among you. Whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant.
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Whoever wants to be most important among you will be a slave for everyone.
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It's the same way with the Son of Man. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
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Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and many people were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.
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When he heard that Jesus from Nazareth [was passing by], he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"