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

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

The cup

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah

For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit 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.

Jesus therefore said unto Peter, Put up the sword into the sheath: the cup which the Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

Baptized with the

And they said unto him, We are able. And Jesus said unto them, The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

We

Peter saith unto him, Even if I must die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

General references

And there arose a reasoning among them, which of them was the greatest.

And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.