Matthew 20:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ Then they will hand him over to unbelievers^[a] to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised.”

The Request of James and John^(A)

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus^[b] with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor. ²¹ He asked her, “What do you want?”

She told him, “Promise^[c] that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left.”