Matthew 23:11
But the greater of you will be your helper.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10And be ye not designated leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.
12And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26But it shall not be so among you. Rather whoever wants to become great among you, he shall be your helper,
Luke 22:26But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.
1 Corinthians 9:19For although being free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that I might gain the more.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often.
Philippians 2:5Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →