Matthew 20:16–27

¹⁶Thus the last will be first and the first last.”

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection a Third Time

¹⁷And as^* Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples by themselves and said to them on the way, ¹⁸“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock him^* and flog him^* and crucify him,^* and on the third day he will be raised.”

A Request by the Mother of James and John

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and^* kneeling down she asked^* something from him. ²¹And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your kingdom.” ²²But Jesus answered and^* said, “You do not know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” ²³He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine^f to grant, but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

²⁴And when^* the ten heard this,^* they were indignant concerning the two brothers. ²⁵But Jesus called them to himself and^* said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions exercise authority over them. ²⁶It will not be like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ²⁷and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be your slave—