Mark 10:35-45 ▼

35 Then James (supplanter / follower) and John (YHWH is gracious), the sons of Zebedee (YHWH has given), came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher {Didaskale}, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.

36 “What do you⁺ want Me to do for you⁺? He inquired.

37 They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory {doxē}.

38 “You⁺ do not know what you⁺ are asking, Jesus (YHWH saves) replied. “Can you⁺ drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism (submersion) I will undergo?

39 “We can, the brothers answered. “You⁺ will drink the cup that I drink, Jesus (YHWH saves) said, “and you⁺ will be baptized with the baptism (submersion) that I undergo.

40 But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom \Mine to grant, but for whom/ they have been prepared.

41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James (supplanter / follower) and John (YHWH is gracious).

42 So Jesus (YHWH saves) called them together and said, “You⁺ know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles {ethnōn} lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

43 But it shall not be this way among you⁺. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you⁺ must be your⁺ servant {diakonos},

44 and whoever wants to be first must be the slave {doulos} of all.

45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life {psychēn} as a ransom for many.