Matthew 20:27

And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.

Bible (Bishops')

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 whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister:

28Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:4Whosoeuer therfore shall humble hym selfe as this litle chylde, the same is ye greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

Luke 22:26But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.

Romans 1:14I am debter both to the grekes, and to the barbarous, both to the wyse, and to the vnwise.

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 →

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