Matthew 20:23
And he says to them: Ye shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared by my Father.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the ten, hearing it, were much displeased with the two brothers.
Cross References
Mark 10:40But to sit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared.
Romans 8:17and if children, also heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so are ye also of the consolation.
2 Timothy 2:11Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him;
Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother, and partner with you in the affliction, and kingdom, and patient endurance in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
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 →