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Jesus said, "You don't understand what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I must drink? And can you be baptized with the same kind of baptism that I must go through?"
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They answered, "Yes, we can." Jesus said to them, "You will drink the same cup that I will drink, and you will be baptized with the same baptism that I must go through.
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But I cannot choose who will sit at my right or my left; those places belong to those for whom they have been prepared."
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When the other ten followers heard this, they began to be angry with James and John.
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Jesus called them together and said, "The non-Jewish people have rulers. You know that those rulers love to show their power over the people, and their important leaders love to use all their authority.
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But it should not be that way among you. Whoever wants to become great among you must serve the rest of you like a servant.
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Whoever wants to become the first among you must serve all of you like a slave.
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In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
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Then they came to the town of Jericho. As Jesus was leaving there with his followers and a great many people, 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 walking by, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
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Many people warned the blind man to be quiet, but he shouted even more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"