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?

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38 “You don’t know what you are asking,”(A) Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup(B) I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”(C)

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

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50 But I have a baptism(A) to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!(B)

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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?

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11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup(A) the Father has given me?”

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21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

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.

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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.”(A)

22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup(B) I am going to drink?”

“We can,” they answered.

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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 drink it again:

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22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends(A) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup(B) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.

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For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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In the hand of the Lord is a cup
    full of foaming wine mixed(A) with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
    drink it down to its very dregs.(B)

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Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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When you ask, you do not receive,(A) because you ask with wrong motives,(B) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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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.

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26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit(A) himself intercedes for us(B) through wordless groans.

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42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

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42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup(A) from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”(B)

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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.

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36 “Abba,[a] Father,”(A) he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup(B) from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:36 Aramaic for father

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.

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39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup(A) be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”(B)

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And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

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Should you then seek great(A) things for yourself? Do not seek them.(B) For I will bring disaster(C) on all people,(D) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape(E) with your life.’”(F)

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22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

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22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag(A) the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—after all, he is my older brother(B)—yes, for him and for Abiathar(C) the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!”

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