Matthew 20:22

Free Bible Version

“You don't know what you're asking,” Jesus told them. “Are you able to drink the cup I'm about to drink?” “Yes, we are able to do that,” they told him.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

When the earth quakes, and all its inhabitants tremble, I am the one who holds it steady. Selah.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride leads to destruction; and an arrogant spirit leads to a fall.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up, wake up! Get up, Jerusalem! You have drunk from the cup of the Lord's anger he handed to you. You have drained it down to the bottom of the cup, the drink that makes people stagger around.

Isaiah 51:22

This is what your Lord God says, your God, who defends his people's cause: Look! I have taken away from you the cup that made you stagger around. You will never again have to drink from that cup, the cup of my anger.

Jeremiah 49:12

This is what the Lord says: If those who were not required to drink from the cup of judgment had to do so, how could you not be punished yourselves? You won't go unpunished, because you have to drink it too.

Matthew 26:35

“Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!” Peter insisted. And all the disciples said the same thing.

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther forward, fell facedown, and prayed. “My Father, please, if it's possible, let this cup of suffering be taken from me,” Jesus asked. “Even so, may it not be what I want but what you want.”

Matthew 26:42

He went away a second time and prayed. “My Father, if this cup cannot be taken from me without me drinking from it, then your will be done,” he said.

Matthew 26:56

But all this is happening to fulfill what the prophets wrote.” Then all the disciples abandoned him and ran away.

Mark 14:36

“Abba, Father! You can do everything,” he said. “Please, take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet it's not what I want, but what you want.”

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to go through, and I'm in agony, wishing it was over!

Luke 22:42

“Father,” he prayed, “if you're willing, please take away this cup of suffering from me. But I want to do what you want, not what I want.”

John 18:11

Jesus told Peter, “Put the sword away! Do you think I shouldn't drink the cup the Father has given me?”

Romans 8:26

Similarly the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We don't know how to speak with God, but the Spirit himself intercedes with and through us by groans that can't be put into words.

James 4:3

You pray, but don't receive anything, because you ask with a wrong motive, wanting to spend what you'd receive on your selfish pleasures.