Mark 10:37-43

³⁷They said to him, “When you rule gloriously, let us rule with you. Let one of us sit at your right side and one sit at your left side.”

³⁸But Jesus said to them, “You do not understand what you are asking for.” Then he asked them, “Can you endure suffering MTY like I am about to suffer? Can you endure being killed MTY as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}?”

³⁹They said to him, “ Yes, we are able to do that!” Then Jesus said to them, “ It is true that you will endure suffering MTY like I will suffer, and you will endure being killed as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}.

⁴⁰But I am not the one who chooses the ones who will sit next to me and rule with me. God will give those places to the ones he appoints.”

⁴¹The other ten disciples later heard about what James and John had requested. As a result, they were angry with them because they also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions.

⁴²Then, after Jesus called them all together, he said to them, “You know that those who rule the non-Jews enjoy showing that they are powerful. You also know that officials enjoy commanding others.

⁴³But do not be like them! On the contrary, all those among you who want God to consider them great must become like servants to the rest of you.