Mark 10:36 (DBY)

Passage

And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?

Nearby Context

Mark 10:34 and they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

Mark 10:35 And there come to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying [to him], Teacher, we would that whatsoever we may ask thee, thou wouldst do it for us.

Mark 10:36 And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?

Mark 10:37 And they said to him, Give to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy glory.

Mark 10:38 And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which *I* drink, or be baptised with the baptism that *I* am baptised with?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said" and "should". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "should", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "And there come to him James and..." into verse 37's "And they said to him Give to...", so "said" and "should" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "should" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.