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Mark 10:38

Question Persecution and Suffering

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

— Mark 10:38

Context

Jesus questioning James and John about sharing his suffering

Surrounding Bible Verses

Details

Book

Mark

Chapter & Verses

Ch. 10, v.38

Related Sayings

Matthew 12:11

"If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?"

Matthew 14:31

"You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

Matthew 15:3

"And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?"

Parallel Passages

Same theme (Persecution and Suffering) in other Gospels

Matthew 20:22

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

Matthew 23:34

"Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town."

Matthew 24:9

"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me."