Matthew 20:24

And when the ten heard it, they were angry against the two brothers.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23He saith to them: Ye will indeed drink of my cup, and will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but that ye should sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, except to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.

25And Jesus called them, and said to them: Ye know that the princes of the nations are their lords, and their great men exercise authority over them.

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Cross References

Mark 10:41And when the ten heard it, they began to murmur against James and John.

1 Corinthians 13:4Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated;

James 3:14But if bitter envy be in you, or contention in your hearts, exalt not yourselves against the truth, and lie not.

1 Peter 5:5And ye juniors submit yourselves to your seniors; and clothe yourselves, stringently, with lowliness of mind one towards another; because God resisteth them who exalt themselves, and giveth 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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