Mark 10:35–45

The Request of James and John

10:35–45pp—Mt 20:20–28

³⁵Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

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

³⁷They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”^r

³⁸“You don’t know what you are asking,”^s Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup^t I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”^u

³⁹“We can,” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,^{v 40}but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”

⁴¹When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. ⁴²Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. ⁴³Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,^{w 44}and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,^x and to give his life as a ransom for many.”^y