Matthew 20:24

When the other ten disciples heard what they had asked, they were annoyed with the two brothers.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23“You will certainly drink from my cup,” he said to them, “but the privilege to sit on my right or on my left isn't mine to give. My Father is the one who has decided who that will be.”

25Jesus called them together and told them, “You know that foreign rulers lord it over their subjects, and powerful leaders oppress them.

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Cross References

Mark 10:41When the other ten disciples heard about this, they started getting upset with James and John.

1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.

James 3:14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast about it and don't lie against the truth.

1 Peter 5:5Young people, do what the elders tell you. Indeed all of you should serve one another in humility, because “God is against the proud, but favors 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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