Matthew 20:27
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave,
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26But it shall not be so among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is greater in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 22:26But it must not be so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader must become like one who serves.
Romans 1:14I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish;
2 Corinthians 4:5For what we preach is not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so, with far more labors, with beatings beyond measure, with far more imprisonments, and often facing 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 →