Mark 10:40

10:40 but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.” ¹ 

Mark 14:11

14:11 When they heard this, they were delighted ²  and promised to give him money. ³  So ⁴  Judas ⁵  began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

[10:40]  ¹ sn After the first passion prediction in 8:31 Jesus rebuked Peter as having been used by Satan. After the second passion prediction in 9:31 the disciples were concerned about who would be the greatest in the kingdom. After the third passion prediction in 10:33 James and John asked for positions of honor and rulership in the kingdom, revealing their complete misunderstanding of the nature of the kingdom and exposing their inadequacy as true disciples of Jesus. Jesus replied that such positions were for those for whom it has been prepared.

[14:11]  ² sn The leaders were delighted when Judas contacted them about betraying Jesus, because it gave them the opportunity they had been looking for, and they could later claim that Jesus had been betrayed by one of his own disciples.

[14:11]  ³ sn Matt 26:15 states the amount of money they gave Judas was thirty pieces of silver (see also Matt 27:3-4; Zech 11:12-13).

[14:11]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[14:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.