26. But you must not be like that. The one with the most authority among you should act as if he is the least important. The one who leads should be like one who serves.
27. Who is more important: the one serving or the one sitting at the table being served? Everyone thinks it’s the one being served, right? But I have been with you as the one who serves.
28. “You men have stayed with me through many struggles.
29. So I give you authority to rule with me in the kingdom the Father has given me.
30. You will eat and drink at my table in that kingdom. You will sit on thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
31. “Satan has asked to test you men like a farmer tests his wheat. O Simon, Simon,
32. I have prayed that you will not lose your faith! Help your brothers be stronger when you come back to me.”
33. But Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, I am ready to go to jail with you. I will even die with you!”