Matthew 20:27

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

In Context

26But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

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Cross References

Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 22:26But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

Romans 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in worse beatings, in more imprisonments, in frequent danger of death.

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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