Matthew 20:23

Moshiach says to them, Indeed, you will drink my Kos, but to sit on the right and on the left of me, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my + 20:23 Moshiachʼs Av.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

In Context

22And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply, You do not have daas of what you are asking. Are you able to drink the Kos which I am about to drink? They say, We are able.

24And having heard this, HaAsarah (The Ten) became indignant about the two achim (brothers).

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Cross References

Mark 10:40But to sit limin or lismol of me is not mine to grant, but for the ones for whom it has been prepared.

Romans 8:17And if bnei HaElohim, then also yoreshim (heirs) of G-d and co-heirs + 8:17 Ro 4:13f together with Moshiach, provided that we suffer with him in order that we might also be set in kavod (glory, eschatological glorification) with him.

2 Corinthians 1:7And our tikvah (hope) for you is well-founded, for we have da'as that as you have deveykus (cleaving to) the Chevlei Moshiach, so also you will have deveykus to the nechamah.

2 Timothy 2:11Trustworthy is Hashem, for if we died + 2:11 to the Olam Hazeh with Him, also we will live + 2:11 in the Olam Habah with Him.

Revelation 1:9I, Yochanan, your Ach b'Moshiach and your fellow partaker taking the chelek (inheritance) in the tzarah + 1:9 Mt 24:15f (trouble), the Chevlai Moshiach (birthpangs of Moshiach), and the Malchut (Kingdom) and the savlanut (patient endurance) in Moshiach — I was on the island called Patmos because of the Dvar Hashem and the eidus (witness) of + 1:9 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua. + 1:9 Ex 20:18; Dan 8:1

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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