Matthew 20:28
In the same way, the Son of man didn't come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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In Context
27Whoever among you wants to be first will be like a slave.
29As they left Jericho, a huge crowd followed Jesus.
Cross References
Numbers 7:15a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering,
Psalms 49:7but no one can pay to rescue another from death; no one can pay a ransom to God.
Isaiah 53:8Through force and a death sentence he was killed —who cared what happened to him? He was executed, removed from the land of the living; he was killed because of my people's wickedness.
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks have been allotted to your people and your holy city to deal with the rebellion, to put an end to sin, to forgive wrongdoing, to bring in everlasting goodness, to confirm the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Matthew 26:28“For this is my blood of the agreement, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 22:27Who is greater—the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? Isn't it the one who sits at the table? But I'm 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 →