Matthew 20:27

and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant,

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And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

In Context

26But it must not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Cross References

Matthew 18:4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 22:26But it must not be like this with you. Instead, let the one who is the greatest among you become like the youngest, and let the one who is the most important become like the one who serves.

Romans 1:14I am a debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as though I were out of my mind.) I am more. I have been in even more hard work, in far more prisons, in beatings beyond measure, in facing many dangers of 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 →

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