Matthew 20:24

When the ten heard this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

In Context

23So he said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give, but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

25So Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

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Cross References

Mark 10:41When the ten heard this, they started becoming indignant with James and John.

1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not puffed up

James 3:14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast or deny the truth.

1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger must submit to your elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility as you submit to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

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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