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29 So I will give you the right to rule as kings, just as my Father has given me the right to rule as a king. 30 (A) You will eat and drink with me in my kingdom, and you will each sit on a throne to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

Jesus' Disciples Will Be Tested

(Matthew 26.31-35; Mark 14.27-31; John 13.36-38)

31 Jesus said, “Simon, listen to me! Satan has demanded the right to test each one of you, as a farmer does when he separates wheat from the husks.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 22.31 separates wheat from the husks: See the note at 3.17.

29 And I confer on you a kingdom,(A) just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom(B) and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.(C)

31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked(D) to sift all of you as wheat.(E)

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