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Matthew 20:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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. "
Matthew 20:22
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20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22 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.
23 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.
24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
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Matthew 20:1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard."
Matthew 20:2
"And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard."
Matthew 20:3
"And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,"
Matthew 20:4
"And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way."
Matthew 20:5
"Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise."
Matthew 20:6
"And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?"
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