20Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.


In Context

17 Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them,

18 "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death

19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!"

20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

21 "What is it you want?" he asked. She said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom."

22 "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" "We can," they answered.

Matthew 20:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping [him,] and desiring a certain thing of him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him , and asking a certain thing of him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, with her sons, worshiping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.