Mark 10:38
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38 But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”(A)
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Luke 12:50
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50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!(A)
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John 18:11
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11 Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”(A)
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Matthew 20:21-22
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21 And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”(A) 22 But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”[a] They said to him, “We are able.”(B)
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- 20.22 Other ancient authorities add or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
Isaiah 51:22
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22 Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord,
your God who pleads the cause of his people:
See, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering;
you shall drink no more
from the cup of my wrath.(A)
Psalm 75:8
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8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup
with foaming wine, well mixed;
he will pour a draught from it,
and all the wicked of the earth
shall drain it down to the dregs.(A)
James 4:3
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3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A)
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Romans 8:26
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26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes[a] with groanings too deep for words.(A)
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Luke 22:42
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42 “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.”(A)
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Mark 14:36
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36 He said, “Abba,[a] Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”(A)
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- 14.36 Aramaic for Father
Matthew 26:39
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39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”(A)
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Jeremiah 45:5
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5 And you, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them, for I am going to bring disaster upon all flesh, says the Lord, but I will give you your life as a prize of war in every place to which you may go.”(A)
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1 Kings 2:22
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22 King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom as well! For he is my elder brother, and the priest Abiathar and Joab son of Zeruiah are on his side!”(A)
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Jeremiah 25:15
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The Cup of God’s Wrath
15 For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.(A)
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