12. ‘These who were hired last worked one hour, and they received the same pay as we did even though we had to work the whole day in the hot sun.’
13. "But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I did you no wrong. Didn’t I agree to pay you a denarion?
14. Take what belongs to you and go. I want to give to this one who was hired last the same as I give to you.
15. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you resentful because I’m generous?’
16. So those who are last will be first. And those who are first will be last."
17. As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside by themselves on the road. He told them,
18. "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Human One will be handed over to the chief priests and legal experts. They will condemn him to death.
19. They will hand him over to the Gentiles to be ridiculed, tortured, and crucified. But he will be raised on the third day."
20. Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus along with her sons. Bowing before him, she asked a favor of him.
21. "What do you want?" he asked. She responded, "Say that these two sons of mine will sit, one on your right hand and one on your left, in your kingdom."
22. Jesus replied, "You don’t know what you’re asking! Can you drink from the cup that I’m about to drink from?" They said to him, "We can."
23. He said to them, "You will drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left hand isn’t mine to give. It belongs to those for whom my Father prepared it."
24. Now when the other ten disciples heard about this, they became angry with the two brothers.
25. But Jesus called them over and said, "You know that those who rule the Gentiles show off their authority over them and their high-ranking officials order them around.
26. But that’s not the way it will be with you. Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant.