Matthew 20:17–28
While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve
disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, "See, we are
going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief
priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand
him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified; and on the third
day he will be raised." Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him
with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favor of him. And he said
to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Declare that these
two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your
kingdom." But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?'' They said to him,
"We are able." He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup,
but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it
is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." When the ten
heard it, they were angry with the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him
and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and
their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but
whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes
to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be
served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many."
Reflection
Does the anticipation of personal catastrophe chills my heart?
Can I share the cup that Jesus drank?