Matthew 20:25
But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the ten, hearing it, were much displeased with the two brothers.
26Not so shall it be among you;
Cross References
Matthew 18:3and said: Verily I say to you, if ye do not turn and become as the little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:42And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule[10:42] over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.
John 13:12When therefore he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and reclining again at table, said to them: Know ye what I have done to you?
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 →