Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee’s children came to him with her sons, doing reverence to him and desiring a certain thing of him. ²¹ He said to her, What would you like? She answered him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand and the other on your left hand, in your kingdom.

²² Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I must drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I must be baptized with?

They answered to him, That we are.

²³ And he said to them, You shall drink of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptism that I will be baptized with. But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but is for those for whom it is prepared by my Father.

²⁴ And when the ten heard about this, they were indignant at the two brethren. ²⁵ But Jesus called them to him and said, You know that the lords of the Gentiles have dominion over them, and those who are great exercise power over them. ²⁶ It shall not be this way among you, but whosoever would be great among you, let him minister to you, ²⁷ and whoever would be chief, let him be your servant – ²⁸ even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life for the redemption of many.