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36 Jesus asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

37 The sons answered, “Let us share the great honor you will have as king. Let one of us sit at your right side and the other at your left.”

38 Jesus said, “You don’t understand what you are asking. Can you drink from the cup[a] that I must drink from? Can you be baptized with the same baptism[b] that I must go through?”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 10:38 cup A symbol of suffering. Jesus used the idea of drinking from a cup to mean accepting the suffering he would face in the terrible events that were soon to come. Also in verse 39.
  2. Mark 10:38 baptized with the same baptism Baptism, which usually means to be immersed in water, has a special meaning here—being covered or “buried” in troubles. Also in verse 39.

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