23 He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine[a] to grant, but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

24 And when[b] the ten heard this,[c] they were indignant concerning the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them to himself and[d] said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions exercise authority over them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:23 Some manuscripts have “this is not mine”
  2. Matthew 20:24 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Matthew 20:24 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Matthew 20:25 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“called … to himself”) has been translated as a finite verb