Matthew 23:11
The person who wants to be the greatest among you must be your servant.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘leaders,’ for you have only one leader, the Christ.
12Whoever exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26Among you it is not so.
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.
1 Corinthians 9:19Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone’s slave.
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.
Philippians 2:5Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →