Mark 10:45-47

Contemporary English Version

⁴⁵^(A) The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue^[a] many people.

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus

(Matthew 20.29-34; Luke 18.35-43)

⁴⁶Jesus and his disciples went to Jericho. And as they were leaving, they were followed by a large crowd. A blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus son of Timaeus was sitting beside the road. ⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus from Nazareth, he shouted, “Jesus, Son of David,^[b] have pity on me!”

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Footnotes

10.45 rescue: The Greek word often, though not always, means the payment of a price to free a slave or a prisoner.
10.47 Son of David: The Jewish people expected the Messiah to be from the family of King David, and for this reason the Messiah was often called the “Son of David.”