THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 20

The Request of the Mother of James and John

20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came with her sons to Jesus, and bowing down she asked him for a favor. 21 So he said to her, "What do yoʋ want?" She said to him, "Declare that one of these two sons of mine may sit on yoʋr right and the other on yoʋr left in yoʋr kingdom." 22 Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to *20:22 drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? ¦ drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? TR ¦ drink? CTdrink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" The two brothers said to him, "We are able." 23 So he said to them, "You will indeed drink my *20:23 cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, ¦ cup, CTcup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give, but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."