Matthew 20:21
And he said to her, What will you? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom.
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Ci. Foretelling his Passion. Rebuking Ambition.
... a the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, ^b James ... [Zebedee's wife was named
was Salome ... They were ashamed of the selfish ambition of their request, and ...
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False Ambition Versus Childlikeness.
... kingdom to Peter, and where he had honored Peter and the sons of Zebedee by a ... them
plainly that they must turn from their sin of personal ambition or they ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxxiii false ambition versus childlikeness.htm

An Eloquent Catalogue
... there were here 'the two sons of Zebedee.' These were ... whom the Master said that they
were 'sons of thunder ... were also touched with some human ambition which led ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/an eloquent catalogue.htm

Adonijah
... This was the ambition which let Adonijah exalt himself, and say, "I will be king ...
seeth not as man seeth." In his reply to the sons of Zebedee, Jesus declared ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/adonijah.htm

Mark 10:32-34: See Mark 8:31, P. 219. ]
... Him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto ... Her sons shall be loyal, and
win the prize, whatever be ... have been, but it was no base ambition which chose ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 10 35-40 mark 10 32-34 see.htm

The Twelve and the Seventy.
... conjectured that there was some family relationship between the sons of Zebedee
and Jesus ... our Saviour to James and John which awakened the ambition of their ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter iii the twelve and.htm

Index.
... Disciples, sifting of, 269; fail to heal demoniac, 283; ambition of, 286, 347; choice
of seventy, 304; warnings to ... James and John, sons of Zebedee, 164, 347. ...
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The Journey through Perea to Jerusalem
... he saw before him in Jerusalem (Mark 10:32-34), and quite probably it was at this
time that he rebuked the crude ambition of the sons of Zebedee by reminding ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/v the journey through perea.htm

Life and Character of John
... In their early history the sons of Zebedee misunderstood the ... kingdom, likewise reveals
both their strength and their weakness, a noble ambition to be near ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 41 life and character.htm

The Shadow of Death
... not an unlooked-for trial; some time earlier he had sought to cool the ardor of
the ambition of James ... He himself declared to the sons of Zebedee that they ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/viii the shadow of death.htm

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