MATTHEW 20:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.”
And he said to her: what do you want? She said to him: say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom. The request — right hand and left hand positions in the kingdom — is the status-seeking that the Community Discourse addressed (Matthew 18:1–4) and the first-last parable challenged (Matthew 20:1–16). The in your kingdom communicates that the disciples still understand the kingdom in terms of political hierarchy and privilege.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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