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 ⁴⁴and 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.”

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