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Matthew 20:20

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A Mother’s Request

20wThen xthe mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and ykneeling before him she asked him for something.

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Cross references

  1. wFor ver. 20–28, see Mark 10:35–45
  2. xch. 4:21; 27:56
  3. ySee ch. 8:2

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus with her sons. She knelt respectfully to ask a favor.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked something from him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.