Mark 10:40

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'but to sit at my right or left is not mine to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.'

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  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • John 17:2 : 2 Just as You gave Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all You have given Him.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  • Heb 11:16 : 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
  • Matt 20:23 : 23 He said to them, 'You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left hand is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.'

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    89%

    21'What do you want?' he asked. She said to him, 'Declare that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.'

    22Jesus answered, 'You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?' They said to him, 'We are able.'

    23He said to them, 'You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left hand is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.'

    24When the ten heard this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

  • Mark 10:35-39
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    35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, 'Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.'

    36'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked.

    37They replied, 'Let one of us sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.'

    38Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?'

    39'We can,' they answered. Jesus said to them, 'You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,

  • Mark 10:41-43
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    69But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.'

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    29And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,

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  • Matt 25:33-34
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    33He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

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    42For David himself says in the book of Psalms: "The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand

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