“for even the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.””— Mark 10:45 (LSV)
42but Jesus having called them near, says to them, “You have known that they who are considered to rule the nations exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority on them;
43but not so will it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he will be your minister,
44and whoever of you may will to become first, he will be servant of all;
45for even the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His life [as] 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.”