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33-34 “We are now going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “as you can see. And the Son of Man will be betrayed into the power of the chief priests and scribes. They are going to condemn him to death and hand him over to pagans who will jeer at him and spit at him and flog him and kill him. But after three days he will rise again.”

An ill-timed request

35 Then Zebedee’s two sons James and John approached him, saying “Master, we want you to grant us a special request.”

36 “What do you want me to do for you?” answered Jesus.

37 “Give us permission to sit one on each side of you in the glory of your kingdom!”

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33 “We are going up to Jerusalem,”(A) he said, “and the Son of Man(B) will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.(C) They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34 who will mock him and spit on him, flog him(D) and kill him.(E) Three days later(F) he will rise.”(G)

The Request of James and John(H)

35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”(I)

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33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:

34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?

37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

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