Matthew 20:23
“You will indeed drink my cup,” he said, “but as to a seat at my right and at my left – that is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
24On hearing of this, the ten others were very indignant about the two brothers.
Cross References
Mark 10:40but as to a seat at my right or at my left – that is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
Romans 8:17and if children, then heirs – heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ, since we share Christ’s sufferings in order that we may also share his glory.
2 Corinthians 1:7and our hope for you remains unshaken. We know that, as you are sharing our sufferings, you will also share our consolation.
2 Timothy 2:11How true this saying is – ‘If we have shared his death, we will also share his life.
Revelation 1:9I, John, who am your brother, and who share with you in the suffering and kingship and endurance of Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos, for the sake of the message of God and the testimony to 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 →