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.


In Context

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

38 But Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye 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, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of: and with the baptism that I am baptized with shalt ye be baptized;

40 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.

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

42 But Jesus called them, and saith to them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles, exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon 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 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.