Mark 10:35-45 - A Request By James And John
35 And Zebedee's two sons, James and John, came up to Him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."
36 He asked them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
37 They answered Him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your splendor."
38 Jesus said to them, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am drinking, or endure the baptism of agony that I am to endure?"
39 They answered Him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "Yes, the cup that I am drinking you will have to drink, and the baptism of agony that I am enduring you will have to endure, 40 but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared." 41 When the other ten heard of it, they were at first very indignant at James and John.
42 Then Jesus called them to Him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them; 43 but this is not to be the case among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to hold the first positions among you must be everybody's slave. 45 For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."