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Matthew 20:22

But 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.

KJV

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν; λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα.

Greek NT

Respondens autem Jesus, dixit : Nescitis quid petatis. Potestis bibere calicem, quem ego bibiturus sum ? Dicunt ei : Possumus.

Vulgate

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.

ASV

And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
ποτήριον
poterion
noun · 31×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: πίνειν | WH/Treg/NIV: πίνειν | RP: + ἢ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι
  • πίνεινSBLGNT
  • πίνεινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἢ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. Yet none of these things made them take courage, and this when they were continually hearing about His resurrection. For together with His death this also especially troubled them, to hear that men should mock and scourge Him, and the like. For when they considered His miracles, the possessed persons whom He had delivered, the dead whom He had raised, all the other marvellou…
Chapter 2.—What Was Prophetically Prefigured in the Sons of Noah. The things which then were hidden are now sufficiently revealed by the actual events which have followed. For who can carefully and intelligently consider these things without recognizing them accomplished in Christ? Shem, of whom Christ was born in the flesh, means “named.” And what is of greater name than Chris…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:29 — Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
  • Isa 51:17 — Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
  • Isa 51:22 — Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more d
  • Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • Jer 25:15 — For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
  • Jer 49:12 — For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou sha
  • John 18:11 — Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
  • John 18:11 — Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
  • Luke 12:50 — But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
  • Luke 14:28 — For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
  • Luke 22:33 — And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
  • Luke 22:42 — Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
  • Luke 22:42 — Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
  • Mark 10:38 — But 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?
  • Mark 14:36 — And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
  • Matt 26:35 — Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
  • Matt 26:39 — And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
  • Matt 26:39 — And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
  • Matt 26:42 — He 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, thy will be done.
  • Matt 26:56 — But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
  • Prov 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Ps 75:3 — The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
  • Rom 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
  • Rom 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.