Matthew 20: 20-28
The
mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her,
“What do you wish?”
She answered him,
“Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply,
“You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
They said to him, “We can.”
He replied,
“My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
When the ten heard this,
they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said,
“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served
but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her,
“What do you wish?”
She answered him,
“Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply,
“You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
They said to him, “We can.”
He replied,
“My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
When the ten heard this,
they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said,
“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served
but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
“You do not
know what you are asking.”
When did Jesus come into his glory? Jesus came into his
glory, not at the resurrection or the ascension, but when he became the obedient
son of the Father. Jesus came into his glory on the cross. Who was seated at
his left and at his right? It wasn’t the sons of Zebedee. It was two thieves.
“Can you
drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
The brothers answered “yes” not fully understanding the
question. Then when the time came they ran like the other disciples. Jesus assured
them that they will indeed be killed for their faith in him as he was about to
be. These things they could not understand for it had not been revealed to them
yet.
Those who wish to be great in the eyes of the Lord will
be the least among men. Those who wish to be great in the eyes of the Lord must
become doulos, slaves, servants of
God’s children. Just as the Son of Man came to serve and give his life for many
we are to serve and give our lives to the Lord.
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