The Gospel
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James and John, the sons
of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, "Teacher,
we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he
said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?" And
they said to him, "Appoint us to sit, one at your right hand
and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to
them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to
drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with?" They replied, "We are able." Then
Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink and
with the baptism with which I am baptized you will be
baptized, but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not
mine to appoint, but it is for those for whom it has been
prepared." When the ten heard this, they began to be angry
with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them,
"You know that among the gentiles those whom they recognize
as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are
tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; instead,
whoever wishes to become great among you must be your
servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be
slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but
to serve and to give his life a ransom for many." ~ Mark 10: 35-45 |