Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant;
29And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Cross References
Matthew 26:28for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many in order to the remission of sins.
Luke 22:27For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am among you as one that serves.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:21-29
Ambition Corrected. 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23… Read the whole commentary →