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But Jesus said unto them,
Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
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And they said unto him, We are able. And Jesus said unto them,
The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
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but to sit on my right hand or on [my] left hand is not mine to give; but [it is for them] for whom it hath been prepared.
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And when the ten heard it, they began to be moved with indignation concerning James and John.
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And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them,
Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.
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But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;
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and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.
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For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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And they come to Jericho: and as he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way side.
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And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
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And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.