Matthew 20:22

Good News Translation (US Version)

“You don't know what you are asking for,” Jesus answered the sons. “Can you drink the cup of suffering that I am about to drink?” “We can,” they answered.

Cross References

Luke 22:42

“Father,” he said, “if you will, take this cup of suffering away from me. Not my will, however, but your will be done.”

Matthew 26:42

Once more Jesus went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup of suffering cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done.”

John 18:11

Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?”

Mark 14:36

“Father,” he prayed, “my Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want.”

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther on, threw himself face downward on the ground, and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want.”

Romans 8:26

In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express.

Isaiah 51:22

the Lord your God defends you and says, “I am taking away the cup that I gave you in my anger. You will no longer have to drink the wine that makes you stagger.

James 4:3

And when you ask, you do not receive it, because your motives are bad; you ask for things to use for your own pleasures.

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over!

Jeremiah 49:12

“If even those who did not deserve to be punished had to drink from the cup of punishment, do you think that you will go unpunished? No, you must drink from the cup!

Matthew 26:56

But all this has happened in order to make come true what the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.” Then all the disciples left him and ran away.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall.

Psalm 75:3

Though every living creature tremble and the earth itself be shaken, I will keep its foundations firm.

Matthew 26:35

Peter answered, “I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Isaiah 51:17

Jerusalem, wake up! Rouse yourself and get up! You have drunk the cup of punishment that the Lord in his anger gave you to drink; you drank it down, and it made you stagger.