Matthew 20:17-28

Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

17 ¹And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

18 "See, ²we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will ³condemn him to death

19 and ⁴deliver him over to the Gentiles ⁵to be mocked and flogged and ⁶crucified, and he will be raised on ⁷the third day."

A Mother's Request

20 ⁸Then ⁹the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and ¹⁰kneeling before him she asked him for something.

21 And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine ¹¹are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ¹²in your kingdom."

22 Jesus answered, ¹³"You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ¹⁴to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

23 He said to them, ¹⁵"You will drink ¹⁶my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, ¹⁷but it is for those for whom it has been ¹⁸prepared by my Father."

24 And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.

25 But Jesus called them to him and said, ¹⁹"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles ²⁰lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

26 ²¹It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,^[a]

27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,^[b]

28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but ²²to serve, and ²³to give his life as a ransom for ²⁴many."