Matthew 20:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²² But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” 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

Psalm 75:3

When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah

Proverbs 16:18

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

Isaiah 51:17

Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl of staggering.

Isaiah 51:22

Thus says your Lord, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: “Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

Jeremiah 49:12

For thus says the Lord: “If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.

Matthew 26:35

Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And so said all the disciples.

Matthew 26:39

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

Matthew 26:42

Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done.”

Matthew 26:56

But all this has taken place, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

Mark 14:36

And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.”

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!

Luke 22:42

“Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

John 18:11

Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.