Mark 10:40

Good News Translation (US Version)

But I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. It is God who will give these places to those for whom he has prepared them.”

Cross References

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to the people on his right, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.

Matthew 20:23

“You will indeed drink from my cup,” Jesus told them, “but I do not have the right to choose who will sit at my right and my left. These places belong to those for whom my Father has prepared them.”

Hebrews 11:16

Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

John 17:24

“Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made.

John 17:2

For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “The knowledge about the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Acts 1:7

Jesus said to them, “The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be.