Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.
29And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Cross References
Numbers 7:15A little mortar of ten sides of gold full of incense:
Psalms 49:7They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
Isaiah 53:8He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare his generation? because he is cut oh out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of my people have I struck him.
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; and the saint of saints may be anointed.
Matthew 26:28For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.
Luke 22:27For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? Is it not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth:
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 →