Mark 10:35–45

SUFFERING AND SERVICE

³⁵James^a and John,^b the sons of Zebedee,^c approached him and said, “Teacher,^d we want you to do whatever we ask you.”

³⁶“What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.

³⁷They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”^e

³⁸Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking.^f Are you able to drink the cup^g I drink or to be baptized with the baptism^h I am baptized with?”ⁱ

³⁹“We are able,” they told him.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.^{j 40}But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

⁴¹When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.^{k 42}Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over^l them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. ⁴³But it is not so among you.^m On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant,^{n 44}and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.^{o 45}For even the Son of Man^p did not come to be served, but to serve,^q and to give his life^r as a ransom^s for many.”^t