Mark 10:35 (DRB)

Passage

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, thou wouldst do it for us.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:33 Saying: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes and ancients. And they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles.

Mark 10:34 And they shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Mark 10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying: Master, we desire that whatsoever we shall ask, thou wouldst do it for us.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "james", "john", "sons", "zebedee", "come", "saying", "master", and "desire". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "james" and "john", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "And they shall mock him and spit..." into verse 36's "But he said to them What would...", so "james" and "john" 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 "james" and "john" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.