Mark 10:38

Modern English Version

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

Cross References

1 Kings 2:22

King Solomon answered his mother, “Now why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother. Ask not only for him, but also for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

Psalm 75:8

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, full of foaming wine; it is well mixed, and He pours it out; indeed the wicked of the earth drain and drink its dregs.

Isaiah 51:22

Thus says your Lord, the Lord, and your God who pleads the cause of His people: Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling, even the dregs of the cup of My fury; you will never drink it again.

Jeremiah 25:15

For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.

Jeremiah 45:5

And are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For behold, I will bring disaster upon all flesh, says the Lord, but I will give you your life as spoils of war in every place, wherever you go.”

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther, and falling on His face, He prayed, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 3:6

and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 14:36

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how pressed I am until it is accomplished!

Luke 22:42

“Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me. Nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”

John 18:11

Then Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”

Romans 8:26

Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, for we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

James 4:3

You ask, and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your passions.