Matthew 20:17-34
As Jesus was
going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he
said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him
to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to
crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons,
kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. He said to her, "What do you
want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit,
one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your kingdom."
But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you
able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are
able."
He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my
left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my
Father."
When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of
the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over
them.
It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great
among you shall be your servant.
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, even
as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as
a ransom for many."
As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus
was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of
David!"
The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet,
but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of
David!"
Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want
me to do for you?"
They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and
immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
Insight- Jesus told his disciples that they were not to dispute among
themselves as to who was great. He wanted them to have a servant like attitude,
serving each other and not lording over each other. Two blind men received
their sight miraculously when Jesus moved with compassion touched their eyes
when they cried out to him for healing.
Question- Have you a servant like attitude in your Christian walk?
Prayer- Dear Father in heaven, help me to be humble when dealing with
fellow believers. Let me not lord over them but grant me grace to serve them.
In Jesus name. Amen.
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