Matthew 20:22

Modern English Version

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the cup that I am to drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to Him, “We are able.”

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolving; I bear up its pillars.    Selah

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His fury; the cup of reeling you have drained to the 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 49:12

For thus says the Lord: They whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who shall go unpunished altogether? You will not go unpunished, but you will surely drink of it.

Matthew 26:35

Peter said to Him, “Though I should die with You, yet I will not deny You.” And all the disciples spoke in this manner.

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 26:42

He went away a second time and prayed, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

Matthew 26:56

But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.

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.