Mark Chapter 10 verse 40 Holy Bible
but to sit on my right hand or on `my' left hand is not mine to give; but `it is for them' for whom it hath been prepared.
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But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.
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but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but for those for whom it is prepared.
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But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
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but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
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but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 40. - But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared. The Arians gathered from this that our Lord was not of one substance with the Father. But this arose from a misunderstanding of the words. For the antithesis is not here between Christ and the Father; but between James and John on the one side ambitiously seeking the pre-eminence, and those on the ether side to whom it ought of right to be given. St. Jerome wisely says, "Our Lord does not say, 'Ye shall not sit,' lest he should put to shame these two. Neither does he say, 'Ye shall sit,' lest the others should be envious. But by holding out the prize to all, he animates all to contend for it." Our Lord is also careful to point out that he who humbles himself shall be exalted. But Christ is the Giver, not indeed by way of favor to any one who asks, but according to the eternal and unalterable principles laid down by the Father. That Christ is the Giver is plain from St. Luke (Luke 22:29). "I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) But it shall be given to them.--Better, omitting the interpolated words, is not Mine to give, but to those for whom it has been prepared. Our Lord disclaims, not the power to give, but that of giving arbitrarily, otherwise than His Father willed.
