40But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not my to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.


In Context

37 They said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left hand, in your glory.

38 But Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask: can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

39 And they said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized with shall you be baptized:

40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not my to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

42 But Jesus called them to him, and said to them, You know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority on them.

Mark 10:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:40But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:40but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:40But to sit on my right hand, or on my left, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:40but 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:40but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but for those for whom it is prepared.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:40but 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:40But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:40but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:40but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but — to those for whom it hath been prepared.'