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Matthew 20:15-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 20:15-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business?[a] Are you jealous[b] because I’m generous?’[c](A)
16 “So the last will be first, and the first last.”[d](B)
The Third Prediction of His Death
17 While going up to Jerusalem,(C) Jesus took the 12 disciples aside privately and said to them on the way: 18 “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death.(D) 19 Then they will hand Him over to the Gentiles(E) to be mocked, flogged,[e] and crucified, and He will be resurrected[f] on the third day.”
Suffering and Service
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons.(F) She knelt down to ask Him for something.(G) 21 “What do you want?” He asked her.
“Promise,”[g] she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”(H)
22 But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup[h] that I am about to drink?”[i](I)
“We are able,” they said to Him.
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- Matthew 20:15 Lit with what is mine
- Matthew 20:15 Lit Is your eye evil; an idiom for jealousy or stinginess
- Matthew 20:15 Lit good
- Matthew 20:16 Other mss add For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Matthew 20:19 Or scourged
- Matthew 20:19 Other mss read will rise again
- Matthew 20:21 Lit Say
- Matthew 20:22 Figurative language referring to His coming suffering; Mt 26:39; Jn 18:11
- Matthew 20:22 Other mss add and (or) to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
Matthew 20:15-22
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Matthew 20:15-22
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15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”(B)
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time(C)
17 Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, 18 “We are going up to Jerusalem,(D) and the Son of Man(E) will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.(F) They will condemn him to death 19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged(G) and crucified.(H) On the third day(I) he will be raised to life!”(J)
A Mother’s Request(K)
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons(L) came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down,(M) asked a favor of him.
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.”(N)
22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup(O) I am going to drink?”
“We can,” they answered.
Mark 12:13-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Mark 12:13-17
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God and Caesar
13 Then(A) they sent some of the Pharisees(B) and the Herodians(C) to Him to trap Him by what He said.[a](D) 14 When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality[b](E) but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes(F) to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay, or should we not pay?”
But knowing their hypocrisy,(G) He said to them, “Why are you testing(H) Me? Bring Me a denarius(I) to look at.” 16 So they brought one. “Whose image(J) and inscription(K) is this?” He asked them.
“Caesar’s,” they said.
17 Then Jesus told them, “Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”(L) And they were amazed(M) at Him.
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- Mark 12:13 Lit trap Him in (a) word
- Mark 12:14 Lit don’t look on the face of men; that is, on the outward appearance
Mark 12:13-17
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Mark 12:13-17
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Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(A)
13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(B) to Jesus to catch him(C) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”(D)
And they were amazed at him.
Footnotes
- Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
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