Matthew 20
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Matthew 20:17-22

17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

18“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

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

20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

21He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

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

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