Mark 10:36

Good News Translation

"What is it?" Jesus asked them.

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?

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?

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

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

Contextual Overview

³² Jesus and his disciples were now on the road going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of the disciples, who were filled with alarm; the people who followed behind were afraid. Once again Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and spoke of the things that were going to happen to him. ³³ "Listen," he told them, "we are going up to Jerusalem where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. They will condemn him to death and then hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴ who will make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him; but three days later he will rise to life." ³⁵ Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. "Teacher," they said, "there is something we want you to do for us." ³⁶ "What is it?" Jesus asked them. ³⁷ They answered, "When you sit on your throne in your glorious Kingdom, we want you to let us sit with you, one at your right and one at your left." ³⁸ Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup of suffering that I must drink? Can you be baptized in the way I must be baptized?" ³⁹ "We can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup I must drink and be baptized in the way I must be baptized. ⁴⁰ But I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. It is God who will give these places to those for whom he has prepared them." ⁴¹ When the other ten disciples heard about it, they became angry with 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.