Mark 10:35-45

Modern English Version

The Request of James and John^(A)

³⁵ Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Teacher, we want that whatever we may ask, You would do for us.”

³⁶ He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

³⁷ They said to Him, “Grant us to sit, one at Your right hand and the other at Your left hand, in Your glory.”

³⁸ But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

³⁹ They said to Him, “We can.”

Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink the cup that I drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. ⁴⁰ But to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to grant. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

⁴¹ When the ten heard it, they began to be very displeased with James and John. ⁴² But Jesus called them together, and said, “You know that those who are appointed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But it shall not be so among you. Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴ and whoever among you would be greatest must be servant of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”