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Jesus answers his own question about James and John being able to drink from his cup.
Matthew 20:23 Ye 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.
Matthew 20:23 You will indeed drink from my cup, 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 by my Father.”
This, indeed, cup of mine you will drink for yourselves. The, however, seating beyond my right sides and beyond left sides is not mine to offer, instead it has been prepared by that Father of mine.
The word for "left" did not have the "sinister" (the Latin word) nature it acquired later, but was from a term from "favored" or "honored" in Greek. These two adjectives are plural, each referring to places, not just a place.
The important tense here is the past perfect tense of the word "prepared." Indicating that this was completed in the past, in this case, as a commitment to others.
Ye shall drink indeed of(IW) my cup, [and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with(IP)]: but to sit on(CW) my right(WN) hand, and on(CW) my left(WN), is not mine to give, but(CW) [it shall be given to them(IP)] for whom(WN) it is(WT) prepared of(WW) my (MW) Father.
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