Matthew 20:27
but whoever would become great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26Not so shall it be among you;
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 22:26But ye are not so; but let the greatest among you become as the younger, and he that is chief as he that serves.
Romans 1:14I am debtor both to Greeks and Barbarians; both to wise and unwise.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more abundantly, 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 →