Matthew 20:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

Ye know not

Mark 10:38

Romans 8:26

James 4:3

The cup

Baptized with the

Mark 10:39

Luke 12:50

We

Matthew 26:35

Proverbs 16:18

General references

Luke 9:46

Luke 22:24

Bible References

Ye know not

Then Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask; can ye drink the cup that I drink? Or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

And likewise also the Spirit helps our weakness; for we know not how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself makes entreaty for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your pleasures.

The cup

And he went a little further and fell on his face, praying and saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I bore up the pillars of it. Selah.

For thus hath the LORD God of Israel said unto me: Take the wine cup of this fury from my hand and cause all the Gentiles, to whom I send thee, to drink of it.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me; nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

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

Then Jesus said unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath; the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?

Baptized with the

And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and of the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized;

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

We

Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

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

General references

Then there arose a dispute among them, which of them should be the greatest.

And there was also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.