32-34 Back on the road, they set out for Jerusalem. Jesus had a head start on them, and they were following, puzzled and not just a little afraid. He took the Twelve and began again to go over what to expect next. “Listen to me carefully. We’re on our way up to Jerusalem. When we get there, the Son of Man will be betrayed to the religious leaders and scholars. They will sentence him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Romans, who will mock and spit on him, give him the third degree, and kill him. After three days he will rise alive.”

The Highest Places of Honor

35 James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came up to him. “Teacher, we have something we want you to do for us.”

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33 “We are going up to Jerusalem,”(A) he said, “and the Son of Man(B) will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.(C) They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34 who will mock him and spit on him, flog him(D) and kill him.(E) Three days later(F) he will rise.”(G)

The Request of James and John(H)

35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

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