Matthew 23:11
He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:
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.
1 Corinthians 9:19For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.
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.
Philippians 2:5For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →