Matthew 20:17-28

17While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside privately and said to them on the way,

18“See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.

19They will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged, and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”

20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.

21“What do you want?” he asked her. “Promise,” she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”

22Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” “We are able,” they said to him.

23He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

24When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.

25Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.

26It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

27and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”