Mat 20:23, Mar 10:40, Rom 8:17, 1Cor 2:9, Heb 11:16, 1Pe 1:4, 9, 3:9, Rev 21:7 | ISV | STEP | He said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father.”

Matthew 20:23

23 He said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father.”Matt 25:34; Acts 12:2; Rom 8:17; 2Cor 1:7; Rev 1:9

Mark 10:40

40 But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right or my left. Those positions have already been prepared for others.”

Romans 8:17

17 Now if we are children, we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if, in fact, we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.Acts 14:22; 26:18; Gal 4:7; Phil 1:29; 2Tim 2:11-12

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1 Corinthians 2:9

9 But as it is written,Isa 64:4

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined

the things that God has prepared

for those who love him.” ^{▼▼Isa 64:4}

Hebrews 11:16

16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.Exod 3:6, 15; Matt 22:32; Acts 7:32; Phil 3:20; Heb 13:14

1 Peter 1:4

4 and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can't be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.Col 1:5; 2Tim 4:8; 1Pet 5:4

1 Peter 1:9

9 because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.Rom 6:22

1 Peter 3:9

9 Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, bless them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.Prov 17:13; 20:22; Matt 5:39; 25:34; Rom 12:14, 17; 1Cor 4:12; 1Thes 5:15

Revelation of John 21:7

7 The person who conquers will inherit these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.Zech 8:8; Heb 8:10