Mark 10:32-52

Christian Standard Bible

The Third Prediction of His Death

³² They^(A) were on the road, going up to Jerusalem,^(B) and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid.^(C) Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.^{(D) 33} “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man^(E) will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes,^(F) and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles,^{(G) 34} and they will mock him, spit on him, flog^[a] him, and kill him, and he will rise^(H) after three days.”^(I)

Suffering and Service

³⁵ James^(J) and John,^(K) the sons of Zebedee,^(L) approached him and said, “Teacher,^(M) we want you to do whatever we ask you.”

³⁶ “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.

³⁷ They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”^(N)

³⁸ Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking.^(O) Are you able to drink the cup^(P) I drink or to be baptized with the baptism^(Q) I am baptized with?”^(R)

³⁹ “We are able,” they told him.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.^{(S) 40} But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

⁴¹ When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.^{(T) 42} Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over^(U) them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. ⁴³ But it is not so among you.^(V) On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,^{(W) 44} and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.^{(X) 45} For even the Son of Man^(Y) did not come to be served, but to serve,^(Z) and to give his life^(AA) as a ransom^(AB) for many.”^[b](AC)

A Blind Man Healed

⁴⁶ They^(AD) came to Jericho.^(AE) And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind^(AF) beggar,^(AG) was sitting by the road.^{(AH) 47} When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,^(AI) he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David,^(AJ) have mercy^(AK) on me!” ^{(AL) 48} Many warned him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me,^(AM) Son of David!”

⁴⁹ Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage!^(AN) Get up; he’s calling for you.” ⁵⁰ He threw off his coat,^(AO) jumped up, and came to Jesus.

⁵¹ Then Jesus answered him, “What do you want^(AP) me to do for you?”

“Rabboni,”^[c](AQ) the blind man said to him, “I want to see.”

⁵² Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has saved you.”^(AR) Immediately he could see and began to follow Jesus on the road.