Matthew 20:23
And he saith unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and with the baptism with which I am baptised, shall ye be baptised; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, it is not in my power to bestow, but on those, for whom it was prepared by my Father.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the twelve, on hearing this, were filled with indignation against the two brethren.
Cross References
Mark 10:40but to sit on my right-hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but to those for whom it is prepared.
Romans 8:17But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we may also together with him be glorified.
2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope of you is sure, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.
2 Timothy 2:11It is a faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
Revelation 1:9I John, your brother and companion also with you in the tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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 →