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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.

KJV

Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου, λέγοντες αὐτῷ, διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμέν σε ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν.

Greek NT

Et accedunt ad eum Jacobus et Joannes filii Zebedæi, dicentes : Magister, volumus ut quodcumque petierimus, facias nobis.

Vulgate

And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Ζεβεδαῖος
zebedaios
noun · 12×
αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
προσπορεύομαι
prosporeuomai
verb · 1×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰάκωβος
iakobos
noun · 42×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: οἱ | Treg/NIV/RP: οἱ | WH: + δύο
  • οἱSBLGNT
  • οἱTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + δύοWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῷ
  • αὐτῷSBLGNT
  • αὐτῷWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: σε | WH/Treg/NIV: σε
  • σεSBLGNT
  • σεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. Yet none of these things made them take courage, and this when they were continually hearing about His resurrection. For together with His death this also especially troubled them, to hear that men should mock and scourge Him, and the like. For when they considered His miracles, the possessed persons whom He had delivered, the dead whom He had raised, all the other marvellou…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 14:4 — And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
  • Acts 12:2 — And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
  • Mark 1:19 — And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
  • Matt 18:1 — At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
  • Matt 20:20 — Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
  • Matt 20:20 — Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.