Matthew 20:23
He saith to them, Ye will indeed drink my cup; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but it will be given to those for whom it hath been prepared by my Father.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24And when the ten heard this, they were much displeased with the two brothers.
Cross References
Mark 10:40but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but it will be given to those for whom it hath been prepared.
Romans 8:17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are suffering with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
2 Corinthians 1:7knowing that as ye are sharers in the sufferings, so also ye will be sharers in the comfort.
2 Timothy 2:11True is the saying: for if we died with him, we shall also live with him;
Revelation 1:9I John, your brother, and companion in the affliction and kingdom and endurance in Jesus, was in the isle that is 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 →