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Matthew 20:20-22
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 20:20-22
Contemporary English Version
A Mother's Request
(Mark 10.35-45)
20 The mother of James and John[a] came to Jesus with her two sons. She knelt down and started begging him to do something for her. 21 Jesus asked her what she wanted, and she said, “When you come into your kingdom, please let one of my sons sit at your right side and the other at your left.”[b]
22 Jesus answered, “Not one of you knows what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the cup[c] that I must soon drink from?”
James and John said, “Yes, we are!”
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- 20.20 mother of James and John: The Greek text has “mother of the sons of Zebedee” (see 26.37).
- 20.21 right side … left: The most powerful people in a kingdom sat at the right and left side of the king.
- 20.22 drink from the cup: In the Scriptures a cup is sometimes used as a symbol of suffering. To “drink from the cup” is to suffer.
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