Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27and whoever desireth to be first among you, will be your servant;
29And as they were going out of Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Cross References
Psalms 49:7No one can redeem his brother from death, Nor give a ransom for him to God,
Isaiah 53:8By oppression and punishment he was taken away, And who in his generation would consider That he was cut off from the land of the living, That for the transgression of my people he was smitten?
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are appointed for thy people, and for thy holy city, to complete the iniquity, and to fill up the measure of the sins, and to expiate the guilt, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint a holy of holies.
Matthew 26:28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many for remission of sins.
Luke 22:27For which is greater? he who reclineth at the table, or he who serveth? Is not he that reclineth at the table? But I am in the midst of you as he who serveth.
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 →