Mark 10:29-45

English Standard Version

²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, ^(A)there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ^(B)for the gospel, ³⁰ who will not receive a hundredfold ^(C)now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, ^(D)with persecutions, and in ^(E)the age to come eternal life. ³¹ But ^(F)many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

^32 (G)And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and ^(H)Jesus was walking ahead of them. And ^(I)they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, ³³ saying, “See, ^(J)we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will ^(K)condemn him to death and ^(L)deliver him over to the Gentiles. ³⁴ And they will ^(M)mock him and ^(N)spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And ^(O)after three days he will rise.”

The Request of James and John

^35 (P)And James and John, ^(Q)the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us ^(R)whatever we ask of you.” ³⁶ And he said to them, ^(S)“What do you want me to do for you?” ³⁷ And they said to him, “Grant us ^(T)to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ^(U)in your glory.” ³⁸ Jesus said to them, ^(V)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(W)to drink the cup that I drink, or ^(X)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, ^(Y)“The cup that I drink ^(Z)you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, ^(AA)you will be baptized, ⁴⁰ but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, ^(AB)but it is for those for whom it has been ^(AC)prepared.” ⁴¹ And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. ^42 (AD)And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles ^(AE)lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But ^(AF)it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,^{[a] 44} and whoever would be first among you must be ^(AG)slave^[b] of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served but ^(AH)to serve, and ^(AI)to give his life as a ransom for ^(AJ)many.”