Matthew 20:26
But it will not be thus among you. For whoever wishes to be gadol among you will become your mesharet (servant, minister).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
In Context
27And whoever wishes among you to be rishon (first) will be your eved (servant).
Cross References
Matthew 23:8But you are not to have pretentious titles like Rebbe, for One is your Rebbe, + 23:8 Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach and all of you are Achim b'Moshiach.
Matthew 27:55And many nashim were there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach from the Galil and had ministered to him.
Mark 10:43However, it is not so among you. He who wishes to become gadol among you must be your mesharet.
Luke 14:7And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach began speaking a mashal to the seudah (banquet supper) invitees, when he noticed how they had been picking out the rashei hamoshavot (chief seats) at the tish, saying to them,
John 18:36In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, My Malchut is not of the Olam Hazeh. If my Malchut were of the Olam Hazeh, my mesharetim would have fought, that I should not be delivered to those of Yehudah; but now my Malchut is not from here.
2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we play the gontser macher to domineer over your emunah (faith), + 1:24 1K 5:3 but we are fellow po'alim for your simcha, for by emunah you stand.
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 →