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Mark 10:48 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!” "
Mark 10:48
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46 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stood still and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
50 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
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Mark 10:1
"He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them."
Mark 10:2
"Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”"
Mark 10:3
"He answered, “What did Moses command you?”"
Mark 10:4
"They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”"
Mark 10:5
"But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment."
Mark 10:6
"But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female."
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