Matthew 20:27
And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 22:26But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is the leader, as he that serveth.
Romans 1:14To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor;
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord; and ourselves your servants through Jesus.
2 Corinthians 11:23They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise): I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
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 →