Who Is the Greatest?

^24 (A)A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

Who Is the Greatest?

^46 (A)An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.

³⁴ But they kept silent, for on the way ^(A)they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

³⁷ And they said to him, “Grant us ^(A)to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ^(B)in your glory.” ³⁸ Jesus said to them, ^(C)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(D)to drink the cup that I drink, or ^(E)to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹ And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, ^(F)“The cup that I drink ^(G)you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, ^(H)you will be baptized, ⁴⁰ but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, ^(I)but it is for those for whom it has been ^(J)prepared.” ⁴¹ And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.

A Mother's Request

^20 (A)Then ^(B)the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and ^(C)kneeling before him she asked him for something. ²¹ And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine ^(D)are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ^(E)in your kingdom.” ²² Jesus answered, ^(F)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(G)to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” ²³ He said to them, ^(H)“You will drink ^(I)my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, ^(J)but it is for those for whom it has been ^(K)prepared by my Father.” ²⁴ And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.

⁵ Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. ^(A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ^(B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

^6 (C)Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

⁵ Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^(A)that he has made to dwell in us”? ⁶ But ^(B)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^(C)“God opposes the proud but ^(D)gives grace to the humble.”

³ Do nothing from ^(A)selfish ambition or ^(B)conceit, but in ^(C)humility count others more significant than yourselves. ⁴ Let each of you ^(D)look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. ^5 (E)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,^[a]

^4 (A)Love is patient and ^(B)kind; love ^(C)does not envy or boast; it ^(D)is not arrogant