23. Then the apostles started arguing about who would ever do such a thing.
24. The apostles got into an argument about which one of them was the greatest.
25. So Jesus told them:Foreign kings order their people around, and powerful rulers call themselves everyone's friends.
26. But don't be like them. The most important one of you should be like the least important, and your leader should be like a servant.
27. Who do people think is the greatest, a person who is served or one who serves? Isn't it the one who is served? But I have been with you as a servant.
28. You have stayed with me in all my troubles.
29. So I will give you the right to rule as kings, just as my Father has given me the right to rule as a king.
30. You will eat and drink with me in my kingdom, and you will each sit on a throne to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
31. Jesus said, “Simon, listen to me! Satan has demanded the right to test each one of you, as a farmer does when he separates wheat from the husks.
32. But Simon, I have prayed that your faith will be strong. And when you have come back to me, help the others.”