Mark 10:36

THE MESSAGE

"What is it? I'll see what I can do."

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?

Mace New Testament (1729)
what, said he, would you have me do for you?

Simplified Cowboy Version
"What is it that you want?"

Contextual Overview

³²Back on the road, they set out for Jerusalem. Jesus had a head start on them, and they were following, puzzled and not just a little afraid. He took the Twelve and began again to go over what to expect next. "Listen to me carefully. We're on our way up to Jerusalem. When we get there, the Son of Man will be betrayed to the religious leaders and scholars. They will sentence him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Romans, who will mock and spit on him, give him the third degree, and kill him. After three days he will rise alive." ³⁵ James and John, Zebedee's sons, came up to him. "Teacher, we have something we want you to do for us." ³⁶ "What is it? I'll see what I can do." ³⁷ "Arrange it," they said, "so that we will be awarded the highest places of honor in your glory—one of us at your right, the other at your left." ³⁸ Jesus said, "You have no idea what you're asking. Are you capable of drinking the cup I drink, of being baptized in the baptism I'm about to be plunged into?" ³⁹"Sure," they said. "Why not?" Jesus said, "Come to think of it, you will drink the cup I drink, and be baptized in my baptism. But as to awarding places of honor, that's not my business. There are other arrangements for that." ⁴¹When the other ten heard of this conversation, they lost their tempers with James and John. Jesus got them together to settle things down. "You've observed how godless rulers throw their weight around," he said, "and when people get a little power how quickly it goes to their heads. It's not going to be that way with you. Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not to be served—and then to give away his life in exchange for many who are held hostage."

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.