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Mark 10:35-45 (English Standard Version)

The Request of James and John

^35(A) And James and John,^(B) the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us^(C) whatever we ask of you.” ³⁶And he said to them, ^(D) “What do you want me to do for you?” ³⁷And they said to him, “Grant us^(E) to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left,^(F) in your glory.” ³⁸Jesus said to them, ^(G) “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able^(H) to drink the cup that I drink, or^(I) to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, ^(J) “The cup that I drink^(K) you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized,^(L) you will be baptized, ⁴⁰but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant,^(M) but it is for those for whom it has been^(N) prepared.” ⁴¹And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. ^42(O) And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles^(P) lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³But^(Q) it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,^{[a] 44}and whoever would be first among you must be^(R) slave^[b] of all. ⁴⁵For even the Son of Man came not to be served but^(S) to serve, and^(T) to give his life as a ransom for^(U) many.”