Against ambition
10 35James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him: 
—Master, we want you to grant us what we are going to ask of you. 
36And he said: 
—What do you want me to do for you? 
37They answered: 
—Grant us to sit one at your right and one at your left when you come in your glory.
38But Jesus said to them: 
—You don’t know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized in the way I am baptized? 39They answered: 
—We can. 
And Jesus told them: 
—The cup that I drink you will drink, and you will be baptized in the way I am baptized. 40But to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to grant. It has been prepared for others.
41On hearing this, the other ten were angry with James and John; 42Jesus then called them to him and said: 
—As you know, the so-called rulers of the nations act as tyrants and their great ones oppress them. 43But it shall not be so among you; whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever would be first among you shall make himself slave of all. 45Think of the Son of Man who has not come to be served but to serve and to give his life to redeem many.

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