Matthew 20:17-28

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁷ And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside along the way and said to them,

¹⁸ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes; and they will sentence Him to death

¹⁹ And deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and whipped and crucified, and He will be raised [to life] on the third day.

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee’s children came up to Him with her sons and, kneeling, worshiped Him and asked a favor of Him.

²¹ And He asked her, What do you wish? She answered Him, Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit, one at Your right hand and one at Your left in Your kingdom.

²² But Jesus replied, You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink ^[a]and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? They answered, We are able.

²³ He said to them, You will drink My cup, but seats at My right hand and at My left are not Mine to give, but they are for those for whom they have been ^[b]ordained and prepared by My Father.

²⁴ But when the ten [other disciples] heard this, they were indignant at the two brothers.

²⁵ And Jesus called them to Him and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men hold them in subjection [tyrannizing over them].

²⁶ Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,

²⁷ And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave—

²⁸ Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free].