World English Bible
"Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him."
— Matthew 20:20, World English Bible
“Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.”
“Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him. ”
“A Request for James and John Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.”
“Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.”
“Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.”
“Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.”
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are able."
He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."