Mark 10:36

36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

Mark 10:36 in Other Translations

KJV
36 And he said unto them,What would ye that I should do for you?
ESV
36 And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
NLT
36 “What is your request?” he asked.
MSG
36 "What is it? I'll see what I can do."
CSB
36 "What do you want Me to do for you?" He asked them.

Mark 10:36 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:36

And he said unto them
And also to their mother, and to them by her, what

would ye that I should do for you?
Christ insists upon their telling him the particular thing they wanted to have done for them, before he would give them any promise, though he knew very well what it was they were desirous of.

Mark 10:36 In-Context

34 who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”
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.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”
38 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”
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