Matthew 20:25
And 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.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
24And when the ten heard it, they were angry against the two brothers.
Cross References
Matthew 18:3and said: Verily I say to you, that unless ye be converted, and become like children, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:42And Jesus called them, and said to them: Ye know, that they who are accounted chiefs of the nations, are their lords; and their great men have authority over them.
John 13:12And when he had washed their feet, he resumed his long garments, and reclined. And he said to them: Understand ye what I have done to you?
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 →