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Matthew 20:23

And he said unto them, You shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

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Remigius of Rheims

AD 533

That by such partaking they may burn with the more zeal towards Him. But they, already sharing the readiness and constancy of martyrdom, promise that they would drink of it; whence it follows, “They say unto him, We are able.”. Or otherwise; “It is not mine to give to you,” that is, to proud men such as you are, but to the lowly in heart, “for whom it is prepared of my Father.”

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