40but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared.`
41And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,
42but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;
43but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,
44and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;
45for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.`
46And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus -- Bartimaeus the blind -- was sitting beside the way begging,