Mark 10:35-45

The Request of James and John

35 ¹And James and John, ²the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us ³whatever we ask of you. ”

36 And he said to them, ⁴“What do you want me to do for you? ”

37 And they said to him, “Grant us ⁵to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ⁶in your glory. ”

38 Jesus said to them, ⁷“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ⁸to drink the cup that I drink, or ⁹to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? ”

39 And they said to him, “We are able. ” And Jesus said to them, ¹⁰“The cup that I drink ¹¹you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, ¹²you will be baptized,

40 but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, ¹³but it is for those for whom it has been ¹⁴prepared. ”

41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.

42 ¹⁵And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles ¹⁶lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

43 But ¹⁷it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, ^[a]

44 and whoever would be first among you must be ¹⁸slave^[b] of all.

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but ¹⁹to serve, and ²⁰to give his life as a ransom for ²¹many. ”