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Ya`akov and Yochanan, the sons of Zavdai, came up to him and said, "Rabbi, we would like you to do us a favor."
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He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
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They replied, "When you are in your glory, let us sit with you, one on your right and the other on your left."
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But Yeshua answered, "You don't know what you're asking! Can you drink the cup that I am drinking? or be immersed with the immersion that I must undergo?"
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They said to him, "We can." Yeshua replied, "The cup that I am drinking, you will drink; and the immersion I am being immersed with, you will undergo.
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But to sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
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When the other ten heard about this, they became outraged at Ya`akov and Yochanan.
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But Yeshua called them to him and said to them, "You know that among the Goyim, those who are supposed to rule them become tyrants, and their superiors become dictators.
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But among you, it must not be like that! On the contrary, whoever among you wants to be a leader must be your servant;
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and whoever wants to be first among you must become everyone's slave!
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For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve -- and to give his life as a ransom for many."