Matthew 20:27
And whoever will want to be first among you, he shall be your servant,
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In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
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Cross References
Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever will have humbled himself like this little child, such a one is greater in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 22:26But it must not be so with you. Instead, whoever is greater among you, let him become the lesser. And whoever is the leader, let him become the server.
Romans 1:14To the Greeks and to the uncivilized, to the wise and to the foolish, I am in debt.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we are not preaching about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ our Lord. We are merely your servants through Jesus.
2 Corinthians 11:23They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications.
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 →