Luke 22:24 Cross References - NSB

²⁴ Contention grew between them concerning which of them was the greatest.

²⁰ The mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons. She bowed down and requested a favor of him. ²¹ »What is your desire?« he asked. She said to him: »Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.« ²² Jesus told her: »You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup I am about to take? » ²³ They said: »We are able.« »Truly, you will take of my cup,« he said. »But to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.« ²⁴ When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers.

³⁴ They said nothing because they had had an argument between themselves about who was the greatest.

³⁷ They said to him: »Allow us to sit next to you in your glory. One could sit on your right hand, and one on your left hand.« ³⁸ »You do not know what you ask,« Jesus replied. »Are you able to drink the cup that I drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?« ³⁹ They said: »We are able.« Jesus replied: »The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized you will be baptized. ⁴⁰ »But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give. It is for them for whom it has been prepared.« ⁴¹ When the ten heard it they were indignant with James and John.

⁴⁶ They reasoned among themselves which of them was the greatest.

¹⁰ Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.

⁴ Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not brag and is not arrogant (proud).

³ Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you. ⁴ Look out for the interest of others and not only for your own personal interest. ⁵ Have this attitude (mind-set) (understanding) (mental state) in you that was also in Christ Jesus.

⁵ Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy? ⁶ But he gives more grace. The scripture said, »God resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the humble.«

⁵ Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble. ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you at the proper time.