In the Gospels, there are many examples of Jesus not giving a direct answer to questions put to him by his disciples and others. {For example, the mother of James and John asks whether her two sons might sit one at the right hand and the other at the left hand of Jesus in his kingdom, and Jesus responds, "Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" {Matt. 20:20–23}.} He does this not because he has no patience with them but because their questions are the wrong questions; they are not the questions that live in God's heart but belong instead to the fearful, anxious world of those who do not know who they are.
( Henri J.M. Nouwen )
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