Mark 10:35-45<\/a><\/p>\nCompare Matthew 23:11; Mark 9:35; Luke 9:48; 12:50; 22:24-27; John 13:4-5, 12-17<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s oddly comforting to learn that even the apostles James and John were very human, flawed like the rest of us. \u00a0That offers hope that we, too, can be saved.<\/p>\n
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What\u2019s also significant here, though, is the thorough \u201ctransvaluation of values\u201d taught by Jesus. \u00a0Greatness comes not through lordship and status, but through servanthood.<\/p>\n
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