Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Prediction of Peter’s denial

²⁴ A quarrel began among them: which of them would be seen as the most important?

²⁵ “Pagan kings lord it over their subjects,” said Jesus to them, “and people in power get themselves called ‘Benefactors.’ ²⁶ That’s not how it’s to be with you. The most important among you ought to be like the youngest. The leader should be like the servant. ²⁷ After all, who is the more important, the one who sits at table or the one who waits on him? The one at table, obviously! But I am with you here like a servant.

²⁸ “You are the ones who have stuck it out with me through the trials I’ve had to endure. ²⁹ This is my bequest to you: the kingdom my father bequeathed to me! ³⁰ What does this mean? You will eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.