Matthew 20:23
"You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat at my right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
24The other ten heard of this, and their indignation was aroused against the two brothers.
Cross References
Mark 10:40but as to sitting at my right hand or at my left, that is not mine to give: it will be for those for whom it is reserved."
Romans 8:17and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.
2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope for you is stedfast; for we know that as you are partners with us in the sufferings, so you are also partners in the comfort.
2 Timothy 2:11Faithful is the saying: "If we died with Him, we shall also live with Him;
Revelation 1:9I John, your brother, and a sharer with you in the sorrows and Kingship and patient endurance of Jesus, found myself in the island of Patmos, on account of the Word of God and the truth told us by 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 →