Jesus Teaches on being a Servant

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 10

SUFFERING AND SERVICE

35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you.”

36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.

37 They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”

38 Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”

39 “We are able,” they told him.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with. 40 But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

41 When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John. 42 Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. 43 But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”,

Who do you think is the greatest person you’ve ever met? How did it make you feel?

James and John make this request to Jesus, what was it? And do you think they knew what they were asking?

Verse 38, What is Jesus’ response to them? What is the Cup and Baptism that he is refering to? (Crucifixion and Ressurection)

How did james and John respond to his question?

Why could Jesus not grant their request?

How did the other disciples react to James and John asking this question? What might have made it a good time for jesus to teach on being a servant?

How do Gentiles rule? and how does it make you feel when someone “Lords” their authority over you?

What did jesus tell us to do instead of lord it over others?

What did Jesus say someone had to do to be Great? Be a servant?

Why do Yall think he refered to himself as the “Son of Man”? why not son of God?

In what ways are YOU a servant leader? How could we all be better servant leaders?