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# You do not know
Here "you" is plural and refers to the mother and the sons. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
# Are you able
Here "you" is plural, but Jesus is only talking to the two sons. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
# drink the cup that I am about to drink
To "drink the cup" or "drink from the cup" is an idiom that means to experience suffering. Alternate translation: "suffer what I am about to suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# They said
"The sons of Zebedee said" or "James and John said"