Sunday 17 October 2021 – XXIX of Ordinary Time

From the Gospel according to Mark (10, 35 – 45)

At that time, the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus James and John, saying to him: «Teacher, we want you to do for us what we ask of you». He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” They said to him, “Grant us to sit one at your right and one at your left in your glory.”
Jesus said to them: “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized in the baptism in which I am baptized? ” They replied, “We can.” And Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink, you too will drink, and in the baptism in which I am baptized you too will be baptized. But sitting on my right or on my left is not up to me to grant it; it is for those for whom it was prepared ”.
The other ten, having heard, began to be indignant with James and John. Then Jesus called them to him and said to them: “You know that those who are considered to be the rulers of the nations rule over them and their leaders oppress them. Among you, however, this is not the case; but whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all. In fact, even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many “.

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