Mark 10:37-39

EasyEnglish Bible

³⁷ They said to him, ‘When you are king, we want to rule with you. One of us will sit at your right side and the other one at your left side.’

³⁸ Jesus said to them, ‘You do not understand what you are asking for. I will have much pain and trouble. Are you ready to have the same pain? Are you ready to die in the way that I will die?’

³⁹ James and John replied, ‘Yes, we can do all that.’

Jesus said to them, ‘Yes, that is true. You will have pain like mine. And people will want to kill you like me.