Matthew 20:24

And the ten, hearing it, were much displeased with the two brothers.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And 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.

25But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them.

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Cross References

Mark 10:41And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James and John.

1 Corinthians 13:4Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,

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

1 Peter 5:5In like manner, ye younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yea, all of you submitting to one another, gird yourselves with humility; because, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

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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