Matthew 20:23
And he says to them, Ye will indeed drink my cup, and ye will be immersed the immersion that I am immersed. But to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but to whom it has been prepared by my Father.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
24And when the ten heard it, they were indignant about the two brothers.
Cross References
Mark 10:40But to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.
Romans 8:17And if children, also heirs, heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer jointly, so that we may also be glorified jointly.
2 Corinthians 1:7knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.
2 Timothy 2:11Faithful is the saying, For if we die together, we will also live together.
Revelation 1:9I John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Christ Jesus, happened to be on the isle that is called Patmos because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:21-29
Ambition Corrected. 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23… Read the whole commentary →