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Mark 10:38

WEB

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?”

KJV

38But 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?

BSB

38You 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?”

FBV

38You don't know what you're asking,” replied Jesus. “Can you drink the cup I drink? Can you be baptized with the baptism of pain I will suffer?”

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Extra References

Luke 12:50

50But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!


Matthew 20:21-22

21He said to her, What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”

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.”


Psalms 75:8

8For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.


James 4:3

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


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?”


1 Kings 2:22

22King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”


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.


Luke 22:42

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


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.


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.”