Can Jesus Give the Seats of the Kingdom to Whoever He Chooses?

The disciples are ready for something big to happen once Jesus gets there. They're clearly present, right? They're behind their mother as she's going up and making this request. But if you read the story, especially in Greek and Matthew, it's clear that the request is coming from James and John. So some people would look at this and say, oh, well, Jesus is denying his full authority is God or something like that. That's not what's going on here. We got to understand the imagery within the context of the larger gospel."