Activity I

1. Read the Gospel passage aloud to your students as they follow along.
2. Discuss the focus and reflection questions with them as a class.

Focus Questions Answer Key

1. What did James and John ask Jesus? To be seated at His right and left in the Kingdom.
2. Jesus asked them “Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” He was telling them that following Him was hard. Do you think it is hard to follow Jesus? Why or why not? Accept reasoned answers.
3. What does Jesus teach about wanting to become the greatest? To be a disciple of Jesus, we must be willing to suffer and to be the least. In the Kingdom, the last will be first and the first will be last.
4. Why does Jesus say that He has come? He has come to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many. In other words, to offer His life so that others may live. 

Activity II

1. Have students complete The Meaning of Discipleship activity. Students may either complete the entire worksheet individually, with a partner, or you may read the information aloud to your students.
2. When finished, have students share their answers.

Activity I

1. Have students read the Gospel passage, or read it aloud to your students, and then answer the focus questions. You may have students answer them on their own or you may discuss them together as a class.
2. Review and discuss the answers to the focus questions.

Focus Questions Answer Key

1. What did James and John request of Jesus? To be seated at His right and left in the Kingdom.
2. What did Jesus mean when He asked them “Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” Jesus’ words foreshadow His suffering and death. In order to follow Him, we must be willing to suffer.
3. What does Jesus teach about ambition to become the greatest? To be a disciple of Jesus, we must be willing to suffer and to be the least. In the Kingdom, the last will be first and the first will be last.
4. Why does Jesus say that He has come? He has come to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.

Activity II

1. Have students complete The Meaning of Discipleship activity. Students may either complete the entire worksheet individually, with a partner, or students may be arranged into groups and each group assigned one or more of the given Scripture passages to study.
2. When finished, have students share their answers.
3. Conclude by having students write a response to the reflection question.  

The Meaning of Discipleship Answer Key

1. 1 John 2:3-4 – A disciple of Jesus must keep His commandments. 
2. John 15:20 – A disciple of Jesus will be persecuted because Jesus was persecuted.
3. Matthew 16:24-25 – A disciple of Jesus must deny himself, carry his cross, and follow Jesus. A disciple must also lose his own life for Jesus’ sake.
4. 1 Corinthians 11:1-2 – A disciple of Jesus must imitate Jesus and follow the traditions handed on by Jesus to His Church.
5. 1 Peter 1:14-16 – A disciple of Jesus must be holy in conduct.
6. John 6:55-59 – A disciple of Jesus must eat His Body and Blood in order to have eternal life.
7. Acts 2:38-39 – A disciple of Jesus must repent of his sins and be baptized.
8. Luke 18:22 – A disciple of Jesus must give to the poor and follow Him. 
9. Matthew 6:9-13 – A disciple of Jesus will pray as Jesus taught us to pray (The Lord’s Prayer).
10. Romans 12:1-2 – A disciple of Jesus will offer himself as a sacrifice and not be swayed by the things of current world around us.
11. John 13:14-15 – A disciple of Jesus will serve others as Jesus served us.