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19 And they will hand me over to the Roman government, and I will be mocked and crucified, and the third day I will rise to life again.”

20 Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, brought them to Jesus and respectfully asked a favor.

21 “What is your request?” he asked. She replied, “In your Kingdom, will you let my two sons sit on two thrones[a] next to yours?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:21 sit on two thrones, implied. Also in v. 23.

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