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. ”

Cross References

• 1. 10:35 For ver. 35-45, see Matt. 20:20-28
• 2. 10:35 ch. 1:19
• 3. 10:35 [Matt. 18:19]
• 4. 10:36 ver. 51
• 5. 10:37 [Matt. 19:28]
• 6. 10:37 [Luke 9:26]
• 7. 10:38 [Luke 9:33; 23:34]
• 8. 10:38 ch. 14:36; Matt. 26:29, 42; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; [Isa. 51:22]
• 9. 10:38 Luke 12:50
• 10. 10:39 [Rom. 8:17; Phil. 3:10]
• 11. 10:39 Acts 12:2; Rev. 1:9
• 12. 10:39 [Rom. 6:3]
• 13. 10:40 [Matt. 19:11]
• 14. 10:40 Matt. 25:34
• 15. 10:42 For ver. 42-45, [ch. 9:33-36; Luke 22:25-27]
• 16. 10:42 1 Pet. 5:3
• 17. 10:43 Matt. 23:11; [Luke 9:48]
• 18. 10:44 2 Cor. 4:5
• 19. 10:45 John 13:4, 13-15; Phil. 2:7; [2 Cor. 8:9]
• 20. 10:45 Isa. 53:10; Dan. 9:26; John 10:15; 11:51, 52; Rom. 4:25; Gal. 1:4; 2:20; 1 Tim. 2:6; Titus 2:14; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19
• 21. 10:45 ch. 14:24; Isa. 53:11, 12; Heb. 2:10; 9:28; [Rom. 5:15; Rev. 5:9]

Footnotes

• [a] 10:43 Greek 'diakonos'
• [b] 10:44 Greek 'bondservant' ('doulos')