Matthew 20:27
and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;
Luke 22:26But *ye* [shall] not [be] thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.
Romans 1:14I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent:
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure [so]; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.
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 →