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Mark 10:38

Jesus
Suffering

36 “What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired.

37 They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory.”

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”

39 “We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.

40 But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
KJV
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?
WEB
But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
ASV
But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
DARBY
And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which *I* drink, or be baptised with the baptism that *I* am baptised with?
BLB
And Jesus said to them, “You⁺ do not know what you⁺ ask. Are you⁺ able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized [with] the baptism [with] which I am baptized?”
ÅB
Men Jesus sa til dem: Dere vet ikke hva det er dere ber om. Kan dere drikke den kalk jeg drikker, eller døpes med den dåp jeg døpes med?
OTB
Jesus sa til dem, “Dere vet ikke hva dere ber om. Kan dere drikke det beger jeg drikker eller bli døpt med den dåp jeg blir døpt med?”
B1930
Men Jesus sa til dem: I vet ikke hvad det er I ber om. Kan I drikke den kalk jeg drikker, eller døpes med den dåp jeg døpes med?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 12:50

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

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  • Matthew 20:21–22

    “What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

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  • John 18:11

    “Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

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  • James 4:3

    And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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  • Psalms 75:8

    For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

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  • Luke 22:42

    “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

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  • Romans 8:26

    In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

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  • Isaiah 51:22

    Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

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