The Request of James and John

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Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.

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Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.

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And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.

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He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

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And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

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But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and that they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.

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It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister.

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And he that will be first among you shall be your servant.

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Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.

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