The Life of Jesus

They were on the road going up to Yerushalayim. Yeshua was walking ahead of them, and they were amazed -- and those following were afraid. So again taking the Twelve along with him, he began telling them what was about to happen to him.

"We are now going up to Yerushalayim, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers. They will sentence him to death and turn him over to the Goyim,

who will jeer at him, spit on him, beat him and kill him; but after three days, he will rise."

Ya`akov and Yochanan, the sons of Zavdai, came up to him and said, "Rabbi, we would like you to do us a favor."

He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

They replied, "When you are in your glory, let us sit with you, one on your right and the other on your left."

But Yeshua answered, "You don't know what you're asking! Can you drink the cup that I am drinking? or be immersed with the immersion that I must undergo?"

They said to him, "We can." Yeshua replied, "The cup that I am drinking, you will drink; and the immersion I am being immersed with, you will undergo.

But to sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

When the other ten heard about this, they became outraged at Ya`akov and Yochanan.

But Yeshua called them to him and said to them, "You know that among the Goyim, those who are supposed to rule them become tyrants, and their superiors become dictators.

But among you, it must not be like that! On the contrary, whoever among you wants to be a leader must be your servant;

and whoever wants to be first among you must become everyone's slave!

For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve -- and to give his life as a ransom for many."

They came to Yericho; and as Yeshua was leaving Yericho with his talmidim and a great crowd, a blind beggar, Bar-Timai (son of Timai), was sitting by the side of the road.

When he heard that it was Yeshua from Natzeret, he started shouting, "Yeshua! Son of David! Have pity on me!"

Many people scolded him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the louder, "Son of David! Have pity on me!"

Yeshua stopped and said, "Call him over!" They called to the blind man, "Courage! Get up! He's calling for you!"

Throwing down his blanket, he jumped up and came over to Yeshua.

"What do you want me to do for you?" asked Yeshua. The blind man said to him, "Rabbi, let me be able to see again."

Yeshua said to him, "Go! Your trust has healed you." Instantly he received his sight and followed him on the road.

As they were approaching Yerushalayim, near Beit-Pagei and Beit-Anyah, by the Mount of Olives, Yeshua sent two of his talmidim

with these instructions: "Go into the village ahead of you; and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it, and bring it here.

If anyone asks you, `Why are you doing this?' tell him, `The Lord needs it,' and he will send it here right away."

They went off and found a colt in the street tied in a doorway, and they untied it.