Mark 10:38

KJV1611 – Modern English

But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you ask: can you drink the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

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  • Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!
  • Luke 22:42 : 42 Saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.
  • John 18:11 : 11 Then Jesus said to Peter, Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which my Father has given me?
  • Isa 51:22 : 22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, 'Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:
  • Mark 14:36 : 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; take away this cup from me; nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.
  • 1 Kgs 2:22 : 22 And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
  • Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, and he pours out the same; but the dregs of it, all the wicked of the earth shall drain and drink.
  • Jer 25:15 : 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
  • Jer 45:5 : 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not: for behold, I will bring disaster upon all flesh, says the LORD: but I will give you your life as a prize wherever you go.
  • Matt 20:21-22 : 21 And he said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They said to him, We are able.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as you will.
  • Rom 8:26 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it on your desires.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 94%

    21And he said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom.

    22But Jesus answered and said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They said to him, We are able.

    23And he said to them, You shall indeed drink of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.

  • 90%

    39And they said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with, you shall be baptized:

    40But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared.

  • 79%

    35And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, Master, we want you to do for us whatever we desire.

    36And he said to them, What do you want me to do for you?

    37They said to him, Grant us that we may sit, one on your right hand and the other on your left hand, in your glory.

  • 11Then Jesus said to Peter, Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which my Father has given me?

  • 10Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.

  • 50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!

  • Luke 9:54-55
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    70%

    54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?

    55But he turned and rebuked them, and said, You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.

  • 16And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding?

  • 27And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you;

  • 68And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.

  • 41For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

  • 36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; take away this cup from me; nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.

  • 69%

    29And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

    30The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.

  • 23And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

  • 42Saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.

  • 33And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

  • 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.

  • 42But Jesus called them to him, and said to them, You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.

  • Matt 3:14-15
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    68%

    14But John tried to stop him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?

    15And Jesus answering said to him, Permit it to be so now: for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him.

  • 3Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

  • Luke 20:3-4
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    3And he answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; and you answer me:

    4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

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    27Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we have left all and followed you. What shall we have therefore?

    28And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • 42And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.

  • 21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard me what I have said to them. Indeed, they know what I said.

  • 32But they did not understand this saying and were afraid to ask him.

  • 32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What do you want me to do for you?

  • 25And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

  • 3And he said to them, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

  • 29And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.

  • 8I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

  • 9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • 21And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?

  • 33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.

  • 42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, your will be done.

  • 30That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • 27And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And he said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

  • 24And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

  • 28You are they which have continued with me in my trials.

  • 13Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again:

  • 18Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?