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Mark 10:40
Mark 10:40 is verse 40 of Mark chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
Literally Mine to grant, but for whom
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.
World English Bible
but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”
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Mark 10:38–42 · Berean Standard Bible
38 “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
39 “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.
40 But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.
42 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 20:23“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.