Matthew 20:20-22

International Children’s Bible

A Mother Asks Jesus a Favor

²⁰ Then the wife of Zebedee came to Jesus. Her sons were with her. The mother bowed before Jesus and asked him to do something for her.

²¹ Jesus asked, “What do you want?”

She said, “Promise that one of my sons will sit at your right side in your kingdom. And promise that the other son will sit at your left side.”

²² But Jesus said, “You don’t understand what you are asking. Can you accept the kind of suffering that I must suffer?”^[a]

The sons answered, “Yes, we can!”