Mark 10:40

but a seat upon my right hand or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been reserved."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

In Context

39They answered him, "We can." "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with shall you be baptized,

41When they heard this the ten began to be indignant at Jamesand John, so Jesus called them to him and said.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:34"Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "‘Come, my Father’s blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

John 17:24"Father, it is my will that wherever I am these also, thy gift to me, may be with me, that they may see the glory, my glory which thou hast given me, because thou didst love me before the foundations of the world.

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:33-46

Christ's Prediction of His Sufferings. 32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge… Read the whole commentary →

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