Matthew 20:23
And He says to them, “Of My cup indeed you will drink, and with the immersion that I am immersed with you will be immersed; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but—to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,
Cross References
Mark 10:40but to sit on My right and on My left is not Mine to give, but—to those for whom it has been prepared.”
Romans 8:17and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ—if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.
2 Corinthians 1:7and our hope [is] steadfast for you, knowing that even as you are partakers of the sufferings—so also of the comfort.
2 Timothy 2:11The word [is] steadfast: For if we died together—we will also live together;
Revelation 1:9I, John, who [am] also your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the kingdom and endurance of Jesus Christ, was in the island that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because 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 →