Common English Bible

Matthew 20:19-25 Common English Bible (CEB)

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.