Matthew 20:23

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Summary

And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Ye

For

General references

Mark 10:40

Luke 22:24

Bible References

Ye

He had John's brother, James, beheaded,

and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.

My hopes for you are unshaken. For I know that just as surely as you share my sufferings, just so surely you will share my comfort.

At present I am glad to be suffering in your interest, and I am making up in my own person what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for the church, which is his body.

How true those words are! "If we have died with him, we will live with him!

I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

For

Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

but as for sitting at my right or at my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined."

But, as the Scripture says, there are things "Which no eye ever saw and no ear ever heard, And never occurred to the human mind, Which God has provided for those who love him."

But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.

General references

but as for sitting at my right or at my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined."

A dispute also arose among them, as to which one of them ought to be considered the greatest.