42Jesus called them to him, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you, will be your servant.
44Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be servant of all.
45For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
46They came to Jericho. 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 road.
47When he heard that it was Jesus, the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
48Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out the more a great deal, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"
