Luke 22:27
Which is the greater – the master at the table or his servant? Is not it the master at the table? Yet I myself am among you as one who serves.
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28You are the men who have stood by me in my trials;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Luke 17:7Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, ‘Come at once and take your place at the table,’
2 Corinthians 8:9For you do not forget the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ – how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.
Matthew Henry on Luke 22:22-39
The Disciples Admonished; Peter's Frailty Predicted. 21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that… Read the whole commentary →