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 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?”

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

The cup

And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt;
It is I who have firmly set its pillars.

Selah.

For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.

And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

Baptized with the

They said to Him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

We

Peter *said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You.” All the disciples said the same thing too.

Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

General references

An argument started among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.