17 Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside
and said to them, 18 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will
be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will
condemn him to death 19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked
and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and,
kneeling down, asked a favor of him. 21 “What is it you want?” he asked. She
said,
C: “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the
other at your left in your kingdom.”
L: 22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink
the cup I am going to drink?” they answered,
C: “We can.”
L: 23 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, 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.”
24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must
be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just
as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life
as a ransom for many.”