Mark 10:40

but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but — to those for whom it hath been prepared.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

39And they said to him, 'We are able;' and Jesus said to them, 'Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;

41And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,

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Cross References

Matthew 25:34'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

John 17:24'Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation 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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