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And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that *I* drink ye will drink and with the baptism that *I* am baptised with ye will be baptised,
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but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but for those for whom it is prepared.
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And the ten having heard [of it], began to be indignant about James and John.
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But Jesus having called them to [him], says to them, Ye know that those who are esteemed to rule over the nations exercise lordship over them; and their great men exercise authority over them;
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but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;
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and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.
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For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.
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And they come to Jericho, and as he was going out from Jericho, and his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind [man], sat by the wayside begging.
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And having heard that it was Jesus the Nazaraean, he began to cry out and to say, O Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me.
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And many rebuked him, that he might be silent; but he cried so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.
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And Jesus, standing still, desired him to be called. And they call the blind [man], saying to him, Be of good courage, rise up, he calls thee.