Matthew 20:22
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.
Cross-references
Matthew 26:39 shows Jesus praying about the same cup of suffering — the one He asked if they could drink — revealing its cost.
Matthew 26:42 repeats Jesus' submission to the cup — reinforcing the suffering He was about to undergo, which the disciples naively claimed they could share.
Matthew 26:56 shows the disciples fleeing at Jesus' arrest – contrasting sharply with their claim to drink the cup.
Matthew 26:35 shows Peter's boast to die with Jesus – echoing the same overconfidence as James and John drinking the cup.
Jeremiah 25:15-38 provides the OT background of the 'cup' as God's wrath – Jesus takes the cup of divine judgment.
James 4:3 explains that asking with wrong motives (for pleasure) leads to not receiving — reflecting the disciples' misguided request.
John 18:11 shows Jesus embracing the cup as the Father's will – he must drink it, fulfilling his earlier question.
Luke 22:42 parallels Mark's account – Jesus prays for the cup to pass, revealing his human struggle with the suffering.
Mark 14:36 records Jesus' own prayer about this same cup – showing the weight of suffering he asked the disciples to share.
Mark 10:39 is the parallel account where Jesus affirms the disciples will indeed drink his cup – referring to martyrdom.
Mark 10:38 has Jesus ask the same question about drinking the cup and baptism — a direct parallel of this verse.
In Luke 18:41, the blind man's specific request contrasts with the disciples' ignorant request—one knows his need, the other does not.
In Luke 22:33, Peter's declaration of readiness to die mirrors the disciples' claim here—both profess willingness to suffer with Jesus.
In Ezekiel 23:32, the cup of wrath is a metaphor for judgment—the same OT image Jesus uses for his own suffering in Matthew 20:22.
Luke 12:50 uses 'baptism' as another metaphor for Jesus' suffering – parallel to the cup imagery here.
In 1 Kings 3:11, Solomon's wise request for understanding contrasts with the disciples' ignorant request for glory.
Revelation 14:10 uses the cup metaphor for God's wrath, a different but parallel use of cup imagery.