Matthew 20:23

Easy To Read Version

Jesus said to them, “Truly you will suffer the same things that I will suffer. But I cannot choose the person that will sit at my right side or my left side. My Father has decided who will have those places. He has prepared those places for those people. Those places belong to them.”

Cross References

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about the kingdom of heaven. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Matthew 20:24

The other ten followers heard this. They became angry with the two brothers.

Matthew 25:34

“Then the king will say to those good people on his right, ‘Come. My Father has given you great blessings. Come and get the kingdom God promised you. That kingdom has been prepared for you since the world was made.

Mark 10:40

But I cannot choose the person that will sit at my right or my left. There are some people that will have those places. Those places are prepared for them.”

Acts 12:2

Herod ordered James to be killed with a sword. James was the brother of John.

Romans 8:17

If we are God’s children, then we will get the blessings God has for his people. We will get these things from God. God will give us all that he has given Christ. But we must suffer like Christ suffered. Then we will be able to share his glory.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [14]} say,

2 Corinthians 1:7

Our hope for you is strong. We know that you share in our sufferings. So we know that you also share in our comfort.

Hebrews 11:16

But those men were waiting for a better country—a heavenly country. So God is not ashamed to be called their God. And God has prepared a city for those men.

Revelation 1:9

I am John, and I am your brother \{in Christ\}. We are together in Jesus, and we share these things: suffering, the kingdom, and patient endurance. I was on the island of Patmos {\cf2\super [7]} because I was faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [8]} and to the truth of Jesus.