Matthew 20:23
He said to them, “My cup you will indeed drink. But to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
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In Context
24When the other ten disciples heard this, they were very angry with the two brothers.
Cross References
Mark 10:40But who is to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
Romans 8:17If we are children, then we are also heirs, heirs of God. And we are joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
2 Corinthians 1:7Our expectation concerning you is unshaken, for we know that as you share the sufferings, you also share our comfort.
2 Timothy 2:11This is a trustworthy saying: 1 “If we have died with him, we will also live with him. 1
Revelation 1:9I, John—your brother and the one who shares with you in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are in Jesus—was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about 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 →