Matthew 20:23

Free Bible Version

“You will certainly drink from my cup,” he said to them, “but the privilege to sit on my right or on my left isn't mine to give. My Father is the one who has decided who that will be.”

Cross References

Matthew 13:11

“You're privileged to have revealed to you the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but they're not given such insights,” Jesus replied.

Matthew 20:24

When the other ten disciples heard what they had asked, they were annoyed with the two brothers.

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to the ones on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, and inherit the kingdom that's been prepared for you from the beginning of the world.

Mark 10:40

“But it's not for me to grant who should sit on my right or on my left. These places are reserved for those for whom they have been prepared.”

Acts 12:2

He had James, John's brother, executed by the sword.

Romans 8:17

If we're his children, then we're his heirs. We are heirs of God, and heirs together with Christ. But if we want to share in his glory we must share in his sufferings.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as Scripture says, “No one has ever seen, and no one has ever heard, and no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

2 Corinthians 1:7

We have great confidence in you, knowing that as you share in our sufferings you also share in our comfort.

Colossians 1:24

I'm happy to have trouble for your sake, for by means of what happens to me physically I'm part of Christ's sufferings that he continues to experience for the sake of his body, the church.

Hebrews 11:16

But they're looking for a better country instead, a heavenly country. That is why God isn't disappointed with them, and is happy to be called their God, for he has built a city for them.

Revelation 1:9

I am John, your brother who shares with you in the suffering and in the kingdom and in the patient waiting that are our experience in Jesus. I was detained on the island of Patmos for sharing the word of God and the truth as revealed by Jesus.