Matthew 23:11
Whoever is greater among you shall be your minister.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10Neither should you be called teachers. For One is your Teacher, the Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater among you, let him be your minister.
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.
1 Corinthians 9:19For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.
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.
Philippians 2:5For this understanding in you 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 →