Mar 10:35-45 | ISV | STEP | The Request of James and John James and John, the sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you.”

Mark 10:35-45

35 The Request of James and John Matthew 20:20-28James and John, the sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. him} and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you.”Matt 20:20

36 He asked them, “What do you want me to do for you?”

37 They said to him, “Let us sit in your glory, one at your right and one at your left.”

38 But Jesus told them, “You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from or be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized?”

39 They told him, “We can.”

Jesus said to them, “You will drink from the cup that I'm going to drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I'm going to be baptized. 40 But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others.”

41 When the ten heard this, they began to be furious with James and John.Matt 20:24 42 Jesus called the disciples ^{▼▼Lit. them} and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors act like tyrants over them.Luke 22:25 43 That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,Matt 20:26, 28; Mark 9:35; Luke 9:48 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”Matt 20:28; John 13:14; Phil 2:7; 1Tim 2:6; Titus 2:14