Bible Verses

Then Jesus called them to him and said: “You know that the rulers of nations act like tyrants and the powerful oppress them.

The other ten heard all of this and became angry with the two brothers.

Jesus replied: “You will indeed drink from my cup, but sitting at my right or left is not for me to give. That will be for those for whom my Father has prepared it.”

Jesus told the brothers: “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They replied: “We can.”

Jesus asked her: “What do you want?” She replied: “Here are my two sons. Grant that they may sit, one at your right and one at your left in your kingdom.”

Against Ambition Then the mother of James and John approached Jesus with her sons and knelt down to request a favor.

They will hand him over to the foreigners, who will mock him, scourge him, and crucify him. But he will be raised to life on the third day.”

“See, we are heading to Jerusalem. There, the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and they will condemn him to death.

Third Announcement of the Passion and Resurrection When Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he pulled the twelve disciples aside and said to them:

So it will be: the last will be first, the first will be last.”