LXII. “Drink Indeed of My Cup”
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The Complete Sayings of Jesus, by Arthur Hinds, [1927], at sacred-texts.com
LXII
JESUS TELLS OF IMMINENT BETRAYAL, DEATH, RESURRECTION—THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOHN VOICES THEIR AMBITION—"THE CHIEFEST SHALL BE SERVANT"
A.D. 30. Age 33. Perea.
Matthew 20, 17-28: Mark 10, 32-45: Luke 18, 31-34.
JESUS going up to Jerusalem took again the disciples apart in the way, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, saying,
They shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
And all the things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
They (the twelve) understood none of this saying; neither knew they the things which were spoken.
¶Then came unto Jesus the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, desiring a certain thing of him. * He said unto her,
And he said unto them,
What would ye that I should do for you?
She saith, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in glory in thy kingdom. But Jesus said unto them,
And they say, We can. Jesus answered,
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The ten were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus called them to him, and said,
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all: let him be your servant, even as the Son of man: for even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Footnotes
96:* Thus Matthew. Mark puts the plea into the mouths of the sons themselves. The two accounts are: Matthew 20, 20-28: Mark 10, 35-45.
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