Mark 10:38

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

1 Kings 2:22

King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and on his side are Abiathar the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

Psalm 75:8

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, with foaming wine, well mixed; and he will pour a draught from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

Isaiah 51:22

Thus says your Lord, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: “Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

Jeremiah 25:15

Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

Jeremiah 45:5

And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not; for behold, I am bringing evil upon all flesh, says the Lord; but I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

Matthew 26:39

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”

Matthew 3:6

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

Mark 14:36

And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.”

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!

Luke 22:42

“Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

John 18:11

Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.