Are You Spiritually Blind? | The Gospels | Mark 10:32–52

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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What do you want most from Jesus? Are you asking for comfort, success, or something deeper? Can you see your sin clearly? In today’s episode, Tanya shares how Mark 10:32–52 uses the story of Bartimaeus to show us that spiritual blindness often keeps us asking for lesser things, while Jesus invites us to receive true sight and lasting healing. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passage: Mark 10:32–52

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.2	And the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.7	I'm Tanya Wilmuth.
0:13.4	So the question is going to drive us today in this episode about Bartimaeus, one of my favorites
0:18.1	may be yours too.
0:19.4	The question is, what do you want Jesus to do for you? And you're going to see why we're asking that question, but maybe just have that in the back of your head. Do you ask him to help you get some sleep when the baby is crying? Do you ask him to help you lay in the golf ball on the green? Do you ask him to give you the right words for a hard conversation? To keep your 16-year-old safe when they drive home,
0:38.3	to shape your children into people who love and follow him. These are all good things to ask for,
0:43.3	right? Bartimaeus was given the same kind of opportunity. He had some sense of who Jesus was,
0:49.4	and Bartamaeus was clear about what he wanted Jesus to do. When Jesus passed by on the road, he turned to Bardameas and he said, what do you want me to do for you?
0:59.5	My rabbi, the blind man said, I want to see.
1:04.1	Now let's back up to how these two met.
1:06.1	Mark tells us this.
1:07.6	As he went out of Jericho, with the disciples in a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus,
1:12.4	the son of Temeas, sat by the road begging. Okay, now, Eric tells me that as his hearing fades,
1:18.6	his sense of smell is getting stronger. According to Eric, this is why we should not cook with
1:23.2	garlic. We should not use hand sanitizer in the car, spray perfume in tight spaces.
1:28.2	All hard knocks for a house full of girls, but okay.
1:31.4	Anyway, I sometimes wonder if Bartomea has experienced something similar.
1:35.0	Because he could not see, perhaps he listened more closely.
1:38.8	Perhaps he noticed what others missed.
1:41.2	Because Mark continues,
1:42.5	When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to
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