Mark 10:41-45 Part 1 of 2

    When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

 

When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them."

Matthew 20:24-45

    When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them."

Luke 22:25  

Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors."

1 Peter 5:2-3  

Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, watching over them--not because you must, but because you are willing as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. 

Ezekiel 34:4  

" 'You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.' "  (see all Ezekiel 34)

 

"Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all."  

Matthew 20:26-27  

"Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant and whoever wants to be first must be your slave--"

Luke 22:26  

"But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves."  

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Mark 10:35-40 Part 2 of 2

   Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

    "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.

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

    "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

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

 

... or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

John 4:34  

    "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work."  (see John 4:27-38)

Luke 12:50  

    "But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!"  (see Luke 12:49-53)

 

"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, ..."  

Acts 12:2  

He (King Herod) had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.  (see Acts 2:1-19)

Revelation 1:9  

    I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.  (see all Revelation 1) 

 

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

Mark 13:32  

    "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."  

(see all Mark 13)

Acts 1:7  

    He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority."  (see Acts 1:1-11)

1 Thessalonians 5:1-2  

    Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.  

(see 1 Thessalonians 1:1-11) 

 

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Mark 10:35-40 Part 1 of 2

   Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

    "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.

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

    "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

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

 

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

Matthew 20:20

    Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down asked a favor of him.

 

"What do you want me to do for you?" he asked. They replied,, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory."  

Matthew 20:21  

    "What is it you want?" he asked.

    She said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom."

Matthew 19:28  

    Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."  (see Matthew 19:16-30)

 

You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink..."  

Matthew 20:22  

    "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?"

    "We can," they answered.

Isaiah 51:17  

Awake, awake!

    Rise up Jerusalem,

you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD

    the cup of his wrath,

you who have drained to its dregs

    the goblet that makes people stagger."  

    (see Isaiah 51:17-23)

Matthew 26:39  

    Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, bit as you will."

Matthew 26:42  

    He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."  (see Matthew 26:36-46)

Luke 22:42  

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."  (see Luke 22:39-46)

John 18:11  

    Jesus commanded Peter, "Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?"  (see John 18:1-14) 

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Mark 10:32-34

    They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. "We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise."  

[see also Matthew 20:17-19, Luke 18:31-34]   

 

They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 

Mark 3:16-19  

These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means "sons of thunder"), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 

  

"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise." 

Matthew 16:21

    From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Psalm 22:6-7  

But I am a worm and not a man,

    scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

All who see me mock me;

    they hurl insults, shaking their heads.  [see all Psalm 22]

Matthew 17:22-23  

    When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life." And the disciples were filled with grief.

Isaiah 50:6  

I offered my back to those who beat me,

    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;

I did not hide my face

    from mocking and spitting.  [see Isaiah 50:5-7]

Mark 9:30-31  

    They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."  [see also Luke 9:21-22] 

 

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Mark 10:26-31 Part 3 of 3

   The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"

    Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."

    Then Peter spoke up, "We have left everything to follow you!"

    "Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--along with persecution--and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first." 

 

and in the age to come eternal life.

Matthew 25:46

    "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.  (see Matthew 25:31-46) 

John 3:16  

    For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  (see all John 3)

John 17:2  

"For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him."  

(see all John 17)

Galatians 6:8  

Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.  (see Galatians 6:1-10)

1 John 1:2  

The life appeared; and we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.  (see all 1 John 1)

1 John 5:11-12  

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.  (see all 1 John 5) 

 

"But many who are first will be last, and the last first."  

Matthew 20:16  

    "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."  

    (see Matthew 20:1-16)

Luke 13:30  

"Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last."  (see Luke 13:22-30) 

 

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Mark 10:26-31 Part 2 of 3

   The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"

    Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."

    Then Peter spoke up, "We have left everything to follow you!"

    "Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--along with persecution--and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first." 

 

Then Peter spoke up, "We have left everything to follow you!"

Matthew 4:18-19

    As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people."  (see Matthew 4:18-22)

John 21:19  

Jesus said this to Peter to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, "Follow me!" 

John 21:21-22  

    When Peter saw him (John), he asked, "Lord, what about him?"

    Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me."  (see John 21:15-22)

 

Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--along with persecution--  

Matthew 19:29  

"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and inherit eternal life."

Luke 18:29-30  

    "Truly I tell you," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life." 

 

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Mark 10:26-31 Part 1 of 3

   The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"

    Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."

    Then Peter spoke up, "We have left everything to follow you!"

    "Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--along with persecution--and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first." 

 

The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"

Matthew 19:25

    When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?"

Luke 18:26  

    Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?"

 

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."  

Matthew 19:26  

    Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Luke 18:27  

    Jesus replied, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."

Genesis 18:14  

"Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son." 

(see Genesis 18:1-15)

Jeremiah 32:17  

    "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you."  (see Jeremiah 32:17-22)

Jeremiah 32:27  

"I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?"  (see Jeremiah 32:26-44) 

Romans 4:20-21  

Yet he (Abraham) did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.  (see all Romans 4) 

 

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