Matthew 20:27

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

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In The King James Version

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

In Context

26Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

28Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:4Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 22:26But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

Romans 1:14I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.

2 Corinthians 4:5For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

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 →

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