Mark 10:35–45

The Request of James and John

^35cAnd James and John, ^dthe sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us ^ewhatever we ask of you.” ³⁶And he said to them, ^f“What do you want me to do for you?” ³⁷And they said to him, “Grant us ^gto sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ^hin your glory.” ³⁸Jesus said to them, ⁱ“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^jto drink the cup that I drink, or ^kto be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, ^l“The cup that I drink ^myou will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, ⁿyou will be baptized, ⁴⁰but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, ^obut it is for those for whom it has been ^pprepared.” ⁴¹And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. ^42qAnd Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles ^rlord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³But ^sit shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,^{4 44}and whoever would be first among you must be ^tslave⁵ of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man came not to be served but ^uto serve, and ^vto give his life as a ransom for ^wmany.”