Matthew 20:20-28

Tree of Life Version

Leading by Serving

²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came with her sons to Yeshua, and she was kneeling down and asking something from Him.

²¹ “What do you want?” He said to her.

She said to Him, “Declare that these two sons of mine might sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

²² But Yeshua replied, “You don’t know what you’re asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?”

“We are able,” they say to Him.

²³ He said to them, “You shall indeed drink My cup. But to sit on My right and left, this isn’t Mine to grant. Rather, it’s for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

²⁴ Now when the ten heard, they became indignant with the two brothers. ²⁵ But Yeshua called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones play the tyrant over them. ²⁶ It shall not be this way among you. But whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant, ²⁷ and whoever wants to be first among you shall be your slave— ²⁸ just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”