Matthew 23:11
But the greatest of you shall be your servant.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.
12And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
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.
1 Corinthians 9:19For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].
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.
Philippians 2:5For let 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 →