March 8, 2023. Gospel Matt 20:17-28. Wednesday of the second week of Lent.

“20:17. And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart and said to them: 20:18. Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes: and they shall condemn him to death. 20:19. And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified: and the third day he shall rise again. 20:20. Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him. 20:21. Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. 20:22. And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can. 20:23. He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father. 20:24. And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren. “20:25. But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and that they that are the greater, exercise power upon them. 20:26. It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister. 20:27. And he that will be first among you shall be your servant. 20:28. Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.” Excerpt From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-bible-douay-rheims-complete/id955129088 This material may be protected by copyright.