James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 10:35 in context
Mark 10:32–38
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They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.
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“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
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They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
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James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”
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He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
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They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
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But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
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