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."


In Context

37 They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory."

38 "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

39 "We can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,

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

41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.

42 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over 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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:40But 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.