Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness
Mark 10:35-45
35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him, saying to him, Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you.36He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"37They said to him, Grant us that one may sit at your right and one at your left in your glory.38Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?"39They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink, and the baptism with which I am baptized you will be baptized."40To sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.41And when the ten heard, they began to be indignant about James and John.42And Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that those who are considered to rule the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them."43It is not so among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you will be your servant.44And whoever wishes to be first among you will be slave of all.45For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.