#10: James and John’s Mother Asks Jesus For A Favor
Matthew 20:20-28
Chapter 20
20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
21 He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your kingdom."
22 But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are able."
23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
24 When the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brothers.
25 But Jesus called them to him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever would become great among you will be your servant.
27 Whoever would be first among you will be your bondservant,
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Translation: World English Bible