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Mark 10:36

what, said he, would you have me do for you?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ambition;   James;   Jesus, the Christ;   John;   Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - John, Beloved Disciple;   Temptation;   Yielding to Temptation;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the apostle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disciple, Discipleship;   Leadership;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Conflagration;   Easton Bible Dictionary - John;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - James;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Christ, Christology;   James;   John;   Life;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Messiah;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ambition;   Anger;   Communion (2);   Cup ;   Fellowship (2);   Forsaking All;   Humility;   James ;   Promise (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronology of the New Testament;   James;   Salome;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“What do you want me to do for you?”
King James Version (1611)
And hee saide vnto them, What would ye that I should doe for you?
King James Version
And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
English Standard Version
And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?"
New Century Version
Jesus asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Amplified Bible
And He replied to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?"
Berean Standard Bible
"What do you want Me to do for you?" He inquired.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus asked them what they wanted,
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Darby Translation
And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayd vnto them, What would ye I should doe for you?
George Lamsa Translation
He said to them, What do you wish me to do for you?
Good News Translation
"What is it?" Jesus asked them.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "What do you want that I do for you?"
Literal Translation
And He said to them, What do you desire for Me to do for you?
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?
Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
International Standard Version
He asked them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Etheridge Translation
He saith to them, What will you that I should do for you ?
Murdock Translation
He saith to them: What would ye, that I should do for you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He sayde vnto them: What woulde ye, that I shoulde do for you?
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
World English Bible
He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?
Weymouth's New Testament
"What would you have me do for you?" He asked.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hem, What wolen ye that Y do to you?
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, What do you want that I should do for you?
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, What would ye that I should do for you?
New English Translation
He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
New King James Version
And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?"
New Living Translation
"What is your request?" he asked.
New Life Bible
He said to them, "What would you like to have Me do for you?"
New Revised Standard
And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he, said unto them - What desire ye, I should do for you?
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said to them: What would you that I should do for you?
Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He sayde vnto them: what wolde ye I shuld do vnto you?
Young's Literal Translation
and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto the: What desyre ye that I shal do to you?
THE MESSAGE
"What is it? I'll see what I can do."
Simplified Cowboy Version
"What is it that you want?"

Contextual Overview

32 When they were on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus led the way, and they followed behind full of apprehension and fear. then Jesus calling the twelve apostles to him again, acquainted them with what should befal him. 33 now, said he, we are going to Jerusalem, where the son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests, and to the Scribes, who will condemn him to die, and deliver him to the Gentiles. 34 they will treat him with ignominy, subject him to the lash, spit upon him, and at last put him to death. but on the third day he will rise again. 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him, and said, we desire you would grant us what we request. 36 what, said he, would you have me do for you? 37 they replied, when you are in your glory, grant that we may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on your left. 38 but Jesus said to them, you know not what you ask. can you drink the cup, that I must drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I must be baptized? 39 and they said, we can. but Jesus replied, you shall indeed drink of the cup, that I must drink of, and be baptized with the baptism, with which I must be baptized; but to sit on my right hand, 40 or on my left, is not in my power to grant, except to those for whom it was designed. 41 but the other ten, when they heard this, were fill'd with indignation against James and John.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Mark 10:51, 1 Kings 3:5-15, John 15:7

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 1:7 - Ask Matthew 20:21 - What

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... And also to their mother, and to them by her, what

would ye that I should do for you? Christ insists upon their telling him the particular thing they wanted to have done for them, before he would give them any promise, though he knew very well what it was they were desirous of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 20:20-28.

Mark 10:35

And James and John ...came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in “person,” but they got their mother to make the request for them. Compare the notes at Matthew 20:20.


 
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