Mark 10:40

I cannot make you bosses. I cannot choose two to become bosses, so they will sit close to me. God is the only one who will choose them.”

Nyangumarta (portions)

In The King James Version

But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

In Context

39They replied, “We are unafraid.” Jesus said to them, Yes, they will hit you really hard. They will put you in a very bad way.

41His other men when they heard became angry with James and John.

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Matthew Henry on Mark 10:33-46

Christ's Prediction of His Sufferings. 32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge… Read the whole commentary →

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