Matthew 20:27
And whoever wishes among you to be rishon (first) will be your eved (servant).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this yeled, he is the greatest in the Malchut HaShomayim.
Luke 22:26But with you it is not so, but he of the Gedolim among you, let him be as the youngest, and he of the Manhigim, as the one serving.
Romans 1:14I am meshubad (obligated) morally, under shiebud (obligation), to both cultured Greek-speakers and non-Greek-speaking barbarians, both the learned and the untutored.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves but Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua and ourselves as your avadim (servants) for Yehoshuaʼs sake. + 4:5 2C 1:24
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they mesharetei HaMoshiach? — I am talking like someone who is meshuggah — + 11:23 1C 15:10 I can outdo them: in labors more abundantly, in imprisonments more frequently, in beatings more by far, and often near death.
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 →