Matthew 20:27
No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to take the first place among you, must be your slave;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
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Cross References
Matthew 18:4Therefore, anyone who will humble themselves like this child – that person will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 22:26But with you it must not be so. No, let the greatest among you become like the youngest, and him who leads like him who serves.
Romans 1:14I have a duty to both the Greek and the barbarian, to both the cultured and the ignorant.
2 Corinthians 4:5(For it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.)
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ‘Servants of Christ’? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death’s door.
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 →