Matthew 20:20

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came with her sons to Jesus, and bowing down she asked him for a favor.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged, and crucified. But on the third day he will rise again.”

21So he said to her, “What do yoʋ want?” She said to him, “Declare that one of these two sons of mine may sit on yoʋr right and the other on yoʋr left in yoʋr kingdom.”

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Cross References

Matthew 2:11As they came into the house and saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 8:2And behold, a leper came and bowed down before him, saying, “Lord, if yoʋ are willing, yoʋ can make me clean.”

Matthew 15:25But she came and bowed down before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

Matthew 28:17When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.

Mark 15:40There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:18-20

The Sufferings of Christ Predicted. 17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. This is the third time that Christ gave his disciples notice of his approaching sufferings; he was not… Read the whole commentary →

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