Matthew 20:22 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²² But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, or to be baptized [with] the baptism that I am baptized with?"They said to Him, "We are able."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But Jesus replied, You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized ? They answered, We are able.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.

Common English Bible

²² Jesus replied, “You don’t know what you’re asking! Can you drink from the cup that I’m about to drink from?” They said to him, “We can.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² But Jesus, responding, said: "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the chalice, from which I will drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.

Matthew 20:22 Cross References

Matthew 26:35

Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, by no means will I deny You!"And likewise said all the disciples.

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You [will]."

Matthew 26:42

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, let Your will be done."

Matthew 26:56

But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled."Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.

Mark 14:36

And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You [will]."

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to be baptized [with], and how distressed I am till it is completed!

Luke 22:42

saying, "Father, if You will, remove this cup from Me-nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."

John 18:11

Then Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?"

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend [it] in [gratifying] your lusts.