Matthew 20:20 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 20:20

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

KJV

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ASV

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.

YLT

Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

DBT

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.

WEB

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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19 verses on the floor

Mark 10:35
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
Matthew 18:1
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Matthew 4:21
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
Luke 9:46
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
Matthew 8:2
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

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Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children - Considering what he had been just speaking, was ever any thing more unreasonable? Perhaps Zebedee himself was dead, or was not a follower of Christ.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

It is a holy ambition to strive to excel others in grace and holiness; but it is a sinful ambition to covet to exceed others in pomp and grandeur. Seekest thou great things for thyself, when thou hast just now heard of thy Master's being mocked, and scourged, and crucified? Christ's answer to this address (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Peter and they were his favourites; John was the disciple whom Jesus loved; yet none were so often reproved as they; whom Christ loves best he reproves most, Rev. iii. Here is the ambitious address they made to Christ--that they might sit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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MAT 20:20MAT 27:56 MRK 16:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 20:20MAT 8:2 MRK 1:40-45
MAT 20:20MAT 8:2 LUK 17:12-19
MAT 20:20MAT 8:2 MAT 15:25
MAT 20:20MAT 8:2 MAT 18:26
MAT 20:20MAT 8:2 LEV 13:44-46
MAT 20:20MRK 15:40 MAT 27:55-56
MAT 20:20MRK 15:40 LUK 8:2-3

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