³ And the king said to her, “What do you wish, Queen Esther? What is your request? ^(A)It shall be given to you—up to half the kingdom!”

²³ He also swore to her, ^(A)“Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

² And on the second day, ^(A)at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”

¹² And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the citadel, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now ^(A)what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your further request? It shall be done.”

⁶ At the banquet of wine ^(A)the king said to Esther, ^(B)“What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”

^5 (A)At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon ^(B)in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask! What shall I give you?”

Greatness Is Serving^(A)

^20 (B)Then the mother of ^(C)Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him.

²¹ And He said to her, “What do you wish?”

She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine ^(D)may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.”

²² But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink ^(E)the cup that I am about to drink, ^[a]and be baptized with ^(F)the baptism that I am baptized with?”

They said to Him, “We are able.”

²⁰ Then she said, “I desire one small petition of you; do not ^[a]refuse me.”

And the king said to her, “Ask it, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

⁴¹ saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”