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: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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

The cup

And he went a little further, 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 thou wilt.

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

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup 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 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 said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath 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 of the cup that I drink of; 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 said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

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

General references

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

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