He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 10:36 in context
Mark 10:33–39
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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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They said to him, “We are able.”
Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
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