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21 “And he said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to him, “Grant that these, my two sons, may sit - the one at Your right hand and the other at Your left hand - in Your Kingdom.”

22 And Jesus answered, and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink from the cup from which I shall drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which I shall be baptized?” They said to Him, “We are able.”

23 And He said to them, “You shall indeed drink from My cup, and shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. But to sit at My right hand, and at My left hand, is not Mine to give. But it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared by My Father.”

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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.”(A)

22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup(B) I am going to drink?”

“We can,” they answered.

23 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup,(C) but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”

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