Matthew 20:22

A Request By The Mother Of James And John

²¹ And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom." ²² But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.” ²³ He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

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Drink the Cup

Jesus Said

James

Jesus

John

Mark

No

Matthew 26:42

Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done."

Luke 22:42

saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

John 18:11

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

Matthew 26:39

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

Mark 14:36

And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Isaiah 51:22

Thus says your Lord, the LORD, your God who pleads the cause of his people: "Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

Psalm 75:3

When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah

Isaiah 51:17

Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.

Jeremiah 25:15-38

Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

Jeremiah 49:12

For thus says the LORD: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished!

Romans 8:26

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 groanings too deep for words.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Matthew 26:35

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

Matthew 26:56

But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Mark 10:38-39

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