When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

Then Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied, "Rabbi, let me see again."

For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

So Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"

So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?"