The Request Of James And John
Worship
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
Scriptures For The Lectionary Speaking Choir
Suggestions:
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
4 readers -- 4 males
Key:
1 = James
2 = Jesus
3 = John
4 = storyteller
1: James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and
said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask
of you."
2: And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?"
3: And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand
and one at your left, in your glory."
2: But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with
the baptism that I am baptized with?"
1 and 3: They replied, "We are able."
2: Then Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink;
and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be
baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine
to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
4: When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and
John.
2: So Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that among
the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it
over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.
(2:) But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become
great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be
first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not
to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for
many."
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading.
4 readers -- 4 males
Key:
1 = James
2 = Jesus
3 = John
4 = storyteller
1: James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and
said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask
of you."
2: And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?"
3: And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand
and one at your left, in your glory."
2: But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with
the baptism that I am baptized with?"
1 and 3: They replied, "We are able."
2: Then Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink;
and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be
baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine
to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
4: When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and
John.
2: So Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that among
the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it
over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.
(2:) But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become
great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be
first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not
to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for
many."
