Mark 10:38-51

ABU(i) 38 And Jesus said to them: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink, or to endure the immersion which I endure? 39 And they said to him: We are able. And Jesus said to them: Ye shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and endure the immersion which I endure. 40 But to sit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared. 41 And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James and John. 42 And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister; 44 and whoever would become chiefest of you, shall be servant of all. 45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 46 And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side. 47 And hearing that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say: Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me. 48 And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried all the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still, and said: Call him. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of good cheer; rise, he calls thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, leaped up, and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answering said to him: What wilt thou that I should do to thee? The blind man said to him: Lord, that I may receive sight.