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

General references

Luke 9:46

Luke 22:24

Bible References

Ye know not

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

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

The cup

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me; yet not what I will, but what you will."

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done."

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

Baptized with the

They said to him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;

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

We

Peter said to him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will not deny you." And so said all the disciples.

General references

And an argument arose among them as to which of them would be the greatest.

A dispute also arose among them, which of them was to be considered the greatest.