“Have Pity on Me”
Two weeks
ago, in Mark 10: 17-30, the man who “had many possessions” addressed Jesus only
as “good teacher,” and asked him “What must I
do to inherit eternal life?”
Last
week, in Mark 10: 35-45, James and John also considered Jesus “teacher” and said
to him, “We want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”
In today’s
Gospel, the blind beggar Bartimaeus recognizes Jesus as “Jesus, Son of David”
and “Master.” He keeps calling out to
Jesus, “Have pity on me.”
The blind
man sees. He gets it. He knows who he is. More significantly, he knows who Jesus
is.
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