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Mk 10:40a ... "But to sit out right of me or out left is not for me to grant, ..."

Verse 40 has 4 phrases and 16 dialog words. The first three phrases have these 13 dialog words, ... "To de kathisai ek deksiōn mou, ē eks euōnumōn, ouk estin emon dounai" ("The yet to sit out right of me, or out left, not is mine to grant, ...").

The first phrase of 6 dialog words is top down; 3 words from the right hand of Jesus and 3 from his feet to the top sides of the triangle holding John. The second phrase of 3 dialog words is top down from his left hand to the left side of the triangle holding James. The third phrase of these 4 dialog words "ouk estin emon dounai" (not is mine to grant) is top down tangent to the sides of the triangle sitting on the rectangle holding the other ten disciples. Jesus will tell them in the next phrase who can grant John and James where to sit.

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