40but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for thoseafor whom it is prepared.”
41aAnd when the ten heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John.
42 But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, a“You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43aYet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
44And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.
45For even athe Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and bto give His life a ransom for many.”
Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
46aNow they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.
And James and John ...came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in "person," but they got their mother to make the request for them. Compare the notes at Matthew 20:20.
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