Matthew 20:23
And he said to them: You shall drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it has been prepared by my Father.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
24And when the ten heard it, their anger was aroused against the two brothers.
Cross References
Mark 10:40But to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared.
Romans 8:17and, if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together.
2 Corinthians 1:7because we know, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you shall be partakers of the comfort.
2 Timothy 2:11Assuredly true is the saying: If indeed we have died with him, we shall also live with him;
Revelation 1:9I John, your brother and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, on account of the word of God, and on account 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 →