Mark 10:35-41 ▼

35 And there come near to Him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, “Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, You may do for us”;

36 and He said to them, “What do you wish Me to do for you?”

37 And they said to Him, “Grant to us that, one on Your right hand and one on Your left, we may sit in Your glory”;

38 and Jesus said to them, “You have not known what you ask; are you able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the immersion that I am immersed with—to be immersed?”

39 And they said to Him, “We are able”; and Jesus said to them, “Of the cup indeed that I drink of, you will drink, and with the immersion that I am immersed with, you will be immersed;

40 but to sit on My right and on My left is not Mine to give, but—to those for whom it has been prepared.”

41 And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,