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1As Jesus was telling what the kingdom of heaven would be like, he said:
16Jesus then said, “So it is. Everyone who is now last will be first, and everyone who is first will be last.”[#Mt 19.30; Mk 10.31; Lk 13.30.]
17As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he took his twelve disciples aside and told them in private:
20The mother of James and John came to Jesus with her two sons. She knelt down and started begging him to do something for her.[#20.20 The Greek text has “mother of the sons of Zebedee” (see 26.37).]
21Jesus asked her what she wanted, and she said, “When you come into your kingdom, please let one of my sons sit at your right side and the other at your left.”[#20.21 The most powerful people in a kingdom sat at the right and left side of the king.]
22Jesus answered, “Not one of you knows what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the cup that I must soon drink from?”[#20.22 In the Scriptures a cup is sometimes used as a symbol of suffering. To “drink from the cup” is to suffer.]
James and John said, “Yes, we are!”
23Jesus replied, “You certainly will drink from my cup! But it isn't for me to say who will sit at my right side and at my left. This is for my Father to say.”
24When the ten other disciples heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.
25But Jesus called the disciples together and said:[#Lk 22.25,26.]
29Jesus was followed by a large crowd as he and his disciples were leaving Jericho.
30Two blind men were sitting beside the road. And when they heard that Jesus was coming their way, they shouted, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”[#20.30 See the note at 9.27.]
31The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted even louder, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”
32When Jesus heard them, he stopped and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33They answered, “Lord, we want to see!”
34Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. At once they could see, and they became his followers.