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,
47and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David -- Jesus! deal kindly with me;`
48and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.`
49And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;`