Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” 1 Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave;
29Now as they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed Him.
Cross References
Matthew 26:28for this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many, for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 22:27For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.
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 →