Gospel Of Matthew

Author(s): Mark Luke John
Publisher: Mark Luke John

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and they will condemn him to death. They will hand him over to the heathen to ridicule and flog and crucify. And on the third day he will rise again!"
20:20 - At this point the mother of the sons of Zebedee arrived with her sons and knelt in front of Jesus to ask him a favour.
20:21 - "What is it you want?" he asked her.
"Please say that these two sons of mine may sit one on each side of you when you are king!" she said.
20:22 - "You don't know what it is you are asking," replied Jesus. "Can you two drink what I have to drink?"
"Yes, we can," they answered.
20:23 - "Ah, you will indeed 'drink my drink'," Jesus told them, "but as for sitting on either side of me, that is not for me to grant - that belongs to those for whom my Father has planned it."
20:24 - When the other ten heard of this incident they were highly indignant with the two brothers.
20:25-28 - But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them and that their great ones have absolute power? But it must not be so among you. No, whoever among you wants to be great must become the servant of you all, and if he wants to be first among you he must be your slave - just as the Son of Man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life to set many others free."
He restores sight to two blind men
20:29-31 - A great crowd followed them as they were leaving Jericho, and two blind men who were sitting by the roadside, hearing that it was Jesus who was passing by, cried out, "Have pity on us, Lord, you Son of David!" The crowd tried to hush them up, but this only made them cry out more loudly still, "Have pity on us, Lord, you Son of David!"
20:32 - Jesus stood quite still and called out to them, "What do you want me to do for
you?"
20:33 - "Lord, let us see again!"
20:34 - And Jesus, deeply moved with pity, touched their eyes. At once their sight was restored, and they followed him.
CHAPTER 21
Jesus' final entry into Jerusalem
21:1-3 - As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples ahead telling them, "Go into the village in front of you and you will at once find there an ass tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. Should anyone say anything to you, you are to say, 'The Lord needs them', and he will send them immediately."
21:4-5 - All this happened to fulfil the prophet's saying - 'Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold your king is coming to you, lowly, and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey'.