19 They will hand him over to the Gentiles(A) to be mocked, flogged,[a] and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”[b]

Suffering and Service

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons.(B) She knelt down to ask him for something.(C) 21 “What do you want?” he asked her.

“Promise,”[c] she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:19 Or scourged
  2. 20:19 Other mss read will rise again
  3. 20:21 Lit Say

19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged(A) and crucified.(B) On the third day(C) he will be raised to life!”(D)

A Mother’s Request(E)

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons(F) came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down,(G) asked a favor of him.

21 “What is it you want?” he asked.

She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”(H)

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