Matthew 20:23
They replied, We are able. And He saith unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
24And when the other ten heard it, they were provoked at the two brethren:
Cross References
Mark 10:40but to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, but for whom it is prepared.
Romans 8:17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ: if so be we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him.
2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope is firm concerning you, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.
2 Timothy 2:11It is an undoubted truth, if we are dead with Him, we shall also live with Him:
Revelation 1:9I John, who am also your brother, and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of 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 →