The blind beggar and the rich man

[angellous_evangellous]

In the Gospel of Mark, the story of the "rich man" and "blind Bartimaeus" are rhetorically opposite.

In Mark 10.17-23, Jesus encounters a rich man who cannot sell his possessions and follow Jesus... in Mark 10.50, the blind beggar who was invited - who did not even approach Jesus on his own "throws off his cloak" - most likely his only possession - and rushes to Jesus.

Jesus heals the blind man, and having left everything he has, Bartimaeus follows him.

 

[Jeremy Mason]

In the Gospel of Mark, the story of the "rich man" and "blind Bartimaeus" are rhetorically opposite.

In Mark 10.17-23, Jesus encounters a rich man who cannot sell his possessions and follow Jesus... in Mark 10.50, the blind beggar who was invited - who did not even approach Jesus on his own "throws off his cloak" - most likely his only possession - and rushes to Jesus.

Jesus heals the blind man, and having left everything he has, Bartimaeus follows him.

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be.

 

[ChristineES]

Another moral would be- The more you have, the harder it is to give it up.

 

[lunamoth]

And this one from Luke:

1As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.[a] 3"I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."

 

[Charity]

To give out of the abundance of our hearts because we want and desire to do so, not because we have to.