Matthew 20:22

God's Word

Jesus replied, “You don’t realize what you’re asking. Can you drink the cup that I’m going to drink?” “We can,” they told him.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

When the earth and everyone who lives on it begin to melt, I will make its foundations as solid as rock. Selah

Proverbs 16:18

Pride precedes a disaster, and an arrogant attitude precedes a fall.

Isaiah 51:17

Wake up! Wake up! Stand up, Jerusalem! You drank from the cup in the Lord’s hand. That cup was filled with his anger. You drank from the bowl, the cup that makes people stagger, and you drained it!

Isaiah 51:22

The Lord your God defends his people. This is what your master says: I’m taking from your hand the cup that makes people stagger, the bowl, the cup of my fury. You will never drink from it again.

Jeremiah 49:12

This is what the Lord says: If those who don’t deserve to drink from the cup still drink from it, why should you go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished. You must drink from it.

Matthew 26:35

Peter told him, “Even if I have to die with you, I’ll never say that I don’t know you!” All the other disciples said the same thing.

Matthew 26:39

After walking a little farther, he quickly bowed with his face to the ground and prayed, “Father, if it’s possible, let this cup ⌞of suffering⌟ be taken away from me. But let your will be done rather than mine.”

Matthew 26:42

Then he went away a second time and prayed, “Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, let your will be done.”

Matthew 26:56

All of this has happened so that what the prophets have written would come true.” Then all the disciples abandoned him and ran away.

Mark 14:36

He said, “Abba!  Father! You can do anything. Take this cup ⌞of suffering⌟ away from me. But let your will be done rather than mine.”

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to go through, and I will suffer until it is over.

Luke 22:42

“Father, if it is your will, take this cup ⌞of suffering⌟ away from me. However, your will must be done, not mine.”

John 18:11

Jesus told Peter, “Put your sword away. Shouldn’t I drink the cup ⌞of suffering⌟ that my Father has given me?”

Romans 8:26

At the same time the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we don’t know how to pray for what we need. But the Spirit intercedes along with our groans that cannot be expressed in words.

James 4:3

When you pray for things, you don’t get them because you want them for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure.