Matthew 20:22

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Matthew 20:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

21 “What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

22 “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

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.”

24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

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Mark 10:38

“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?”

Romans 8:26

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

James 4:3

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

Matthew 26:39

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 26:42

A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

Psalms 75:3

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

Jeremiah 25:15

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

Jeremiah 25:16

And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

Jeremiah 25:17

So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,

Jeremiah 25:18

to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

Jeremiah 25:19

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;

Jeremiah 25:20

all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Jeremiah 25:21

Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

Jeremiah 25:22

all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;

Jeremiah 25:24

all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;

Jeremiah 25:25

all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;

Jeremiah 25:26

all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

Jeremiah 25:27

“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’

Jeremiah 25:28

If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!

Jeremiah 25:29

For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’

Jeremiah 25:30

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Jeremiah 25:31

The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 25:32

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”

Jeremiah 25:33

Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.

Jeremiah 25:34

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

Jeremiah 25:35

Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

Jeremiah 25:36

Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

Jeremiah 25:37

The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.

Jeremiah 25:38

He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Mark 14:36

“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Luke 22:42

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

John 18:11

“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

Mark 10:39

“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.

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

Matthew 26:35

Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Matthew 26:56

But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.