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Matthew 20:21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Matthew 20:21 NLT

“What is your request?” he asked. She replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.”

Matthew 20:22 NLT

But Jesus answered by saying to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink?” “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!”

Matthew 20:23 NLT

Jesus told them, “You will indeed drink from my bitter cup. But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. My Father has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen.”

Matthew 20:24 NLT

When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant.

Matthew 20:25 NLT

But Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them.

Matthew 20:26 NLT

But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant

Matthew 20:27 NLT

and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.

Matthew 20:28 NLT

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”