² He killed ^(A)James the brother of John ^(B)with the sword,

^37 (A)They were stoned, they were sawn in two,^{[a] (B)}they were killed with the sword. ^(C)They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—

²³ He said to them, ^(A)“You will drink ^(B)my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, ^(C)but it is for those for whom it has been ^(D)prepared by my Father.”

²¹ And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. ²² Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

³⁸ Jesus said to them, ^(A)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(B)to drink the cup that I drink, or ^(C)to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

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.”

¹⁰ He said, “I have been very ^(A)jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, ^(B)thrown down your altars, and ^(C)killed your prophets with the sword, ^(D)and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

Elijah Flees Jezebel

19 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how ^(A)he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

²³ and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, ^(A)who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.