Oct 20, 2024
35James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you
to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36And he said to
them, “What is it you want me to do for
you?” 37And they said to him, “Grant us
to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your
glory.” 38But Jesus said to them, “You do
not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that
I
drink, or be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized
with?” 39They replied, “We are able.” Then
Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with
the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be
baptized; 40but to sit at my right hand or at
my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has
been prepared.”
41When the ten
heard this, they began to be angry with James and
John. 42So Jesus called them and said to
them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize
as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants
over them. 43But it is not so among you; but
whoever wishes to become great among you must be your
servant, 44and whoever wishes to be first
among you must be slave of all. 45For the Son of
Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a
ransom for many.”