Matthew 20:13-23

13 "But he answered and said to one of them, '¹Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?

14 'Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.

15 'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your ²eye envious because I am generous?'

16 "So ³the last shall be first, and the first last."

Death, Resurrection Foretold

17 ⁴As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,

18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man ⁵will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,

19 and ⁶will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on ⁷the third day He will be raised up."

Preferment Asked

20 ⁸Then the mother of ⁹the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, ¹⁰bowing down and making a request of Him.

21 And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to Him, "Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine ¹¹may sit one on Your right and one on Your left."

22 But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ¹²to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to Him, "We are able."

23 He said to them, "¹³My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, ¹⁴but it is for those for whom it has been ¹⁵prepared by My Father."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 22:12; Matthew 26:50
• 2. Deuteronomy 15:9; Matthew 6:23; Mark 7:22
• 3. Matthew 19:30; Mark 10:31; Luke 13:30
• 4. Matthew 20:17-19: {Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-33}
• 5. Matthew 16:21
• 6. Matthew 27:2; Acts 2:23; Acts 3:13; Acts 4:27; Acts 21:11
• 7. Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:23; Luke 18:32
• 8. Matthew 20:20-28: {Mark 10:35-45}
• 9. Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2
• 10. Matthew 8:2
• 11. Matthew 19:28
• 12. Isaiah 51:17, 22; Jeremiah 49:12; Matthew 26:39, 42; Luke 22:42; John 18:11
• 13. Acts 12:2; Revelation 1:9
• 14. Matthew 13:11
• 15. Matthew 25:34

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "evil"
• [b] Lit "good"
• [c] Or "betrayed"
• [d] Lit "Him"