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

And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which I drink, or be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with?

And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures.

The cup

And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou wilt.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.

For thus hath Jehovah the God of Israel said unto me: Take the cup of the wine of this fury 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 to thee: take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

saying, Father, if thou wilt remove this cup from me: but then, not my will, but thine be done.

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

Baptized with the

And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink ye will drink and with the baptism that I am baptised with ye will be baptised,

But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!

We

Peter says to him, If I should needs die with thee, I will in no wise deny thee. Likewise said all the disciples also.

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

General references

And a reasoning came in amongst them, who should be the greatest of them.

And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest.