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Matthew 20:22

WEB

22But Jesus answered, You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”

KJV

22But 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.

BSB

22You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”[+] We can,” the brothers answered.

FBV

22You don't know what you're asking,” Jesus told them. “Are you able to drink the cup[+] I'm about to drink?” Yes, we are able to do that,” they told him.

Related Resources

Gospel of Matthew Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject
The Agony of the Cup (Mark 14:32-42) - Grace to You

Extra References

Luke 22:42

42saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”


Matthew 26:42

42Again, a second time he went away and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup cant pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”


John 18:11

11Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”


Matthew 26:39

39He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”


Mark 14:36

36He said, “Abba,[+] Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”


Romans 8:26

26In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cant be uttered.


Isaiah 51:22

22Your Lord GOD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more.


Mark 10:38-39

38But 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?”

39They said to him, “We are able.” Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;


James 4:3

3You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.


Jeremiah 49:12

12For the LORD says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished, but you will surely drink.