Matthew 20:24

And when the ten heard it, their anger was aroused against the two brothers.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

In Context

23And 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.

25But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles act as lords over them, and their great men have authority over them.

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Cross References

Mark 10:41And when the ten heard it, they began to be displeased with James and John.

1 Corinthians 13:4Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love boasts not; is not vain,

James 3:14But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you younger, be in subjection to the older: do you all indeed be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

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 →

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