Matthew 23:11
And the greatest among you shall be your minister.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10And be not called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.
12Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister.
Luke 22:26But you shall not be so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and him that is chief, as he that serves.
1 Corinthians 9:19For, though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself a servant to all, that I may gain the more.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I say it foolishly,) I am above them. In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
Philippians 2:5Let this mind be in you, which was also 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 →