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, You know not what you ask: can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

Likewise the Spirit also helps our weakness: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts.

The cup

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

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

For thus says the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury from my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

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

Saying, Father, if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.

Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up your 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, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized shall you be baptized:

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

We

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

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

General references

Then there arose a reasoning among them, as to which of them should be greatest.

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