Right about that time the Mother of James and John came to Jesus to ask a question. She wanted Jesus to promise that HER two sons would sit on the right and left of Jesus in His glory. Jesus looked at her sons and answered them instead of the Mother. He said ... You do not know what you are asking. (Isn't He awesome, He KNEW they had their Mom come ask for them, so He directed His response to them.) Are you able to drink of the cup that I will drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They answered, we are able. But they understood not what Jesus meant. Jesus said ... You will surely drink of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right and on my left is not for me to give but it will be given to those for who it is prepared of my Father.

This is what Jesus meant when He answered back to the two brothers a little earlier when He said that they would indeed drink of His cup and be baptized in the way He was baptized because they too would experience some of what He did, minister to others, preach the Gospel, be baptized with the Holy Spirit and ... Die for the cause. Yet STILL ... They did not understand. They saw things from a ‘man's world’ point of view.

As they neared Jericho, a blind man named Bar-Timaeus sat by the side of the highway begging. (In Israel, "Bar meant Son of and the name of the Dad followed the word "Bar") When the blind man heard the crowd, he asked why the people were gathering and people told him that Jesus of Nazareth was coming. The man cried out "Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me."

Jesus commanded that the man be brought to Him. The blind man threw down his coat and came to Jesus. Then Jesus asked, what is it that you would have me do for you? The blind man responded, Lord that I may receive my sight. Jesus said unto him, Go your way, your Faith has made you whole. Immediately, he received his sight and followed Jesus along the way.

ZACCHAEUS

MATTHEW 25:14-46

Then Jesus entered and was passing through Jericho and there was a rich man named Zacchæus, who was the leader of all the tax collectors. He heard that Jesus was passing through, and wanted to see who He was, but because he was a short man, he couldn’t see over the crowd. So, Zacchæus ran and climbed up in a sycamore tree so he could see Him.

When Jesus passed that way, He looked up in the tree and said, Zacchæus, hurry down, today I’m going to your house. Zacchæus hurried down and welcomed Him gladly and when the people heard of it, they all murmured that Jesus was going to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.

Zacchæus stood and said, Lord, half of my things I give to the poor, and if I’ve taken anything from anyone unfairly, I repay him four times its worth. Jesus said to him, Today, salvation has come to this house, as he is also a son of Abraham, because the Son of man has come to find and to save those who are lost.

When he returned home, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered his servants to be called to him, that he had given the money to, so he could find out how much each man had profited by trading.

The first came to him saying, Lord, your five talents have gained five more. The nobleman said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant. Because you’ve been faithful with very little, you may have authority over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.

The second came to him saying, Lord, your two talents have gained two more. And he likewise said to him, You may have authority over many things.

The servant who received one talent came and said, Lord, here is your talent, which I went and buried in the earth. I know you’re a harsh man and you gather where you didn’t straw and you reap what you didn’t sow. I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth, so I give you back what is yours.

The nobleman said, You wicked and lazy servant. Out of your own mouth I will judge you. You knew that I was a harsh man, gathering where I didn’t straw and reaping what I didn’t sow. Why then, didn’t you put my money in the bank, so when I came back, I would have gotten my own money back with interest?

He ordered that the talent be taken from him and given to the servant with ten talents, because to everyone who has, more shall be given and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And throw the unprofitable servant into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy Angels with Him, then He shall sit on the throne of His glory, and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats (the good from the bad). And He shall set the sheep at His right hand , but the goats on the left. Then the King shall say to them at His right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world, for I was hungry, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in, naked, and you clothed me, I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.

Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and fed you or thirsty, and gave you to drink? When did we see you a stranger, and took you in, or naked, and clothed you? Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Anytime you have done it for one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it for me.

Then He shall say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels, for I was hungry, and you gave me no meat, I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in, naked, and you gave me no clothes, sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.
Then they shall also answer Him, saying, Lord, when had we seen you hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t minister to you?
Then He shall answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Anytime you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.