Matthew 20:28
just 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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In Context
27and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant,
29As they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
Cross References
Numbers 7:15He gave as a burnt offering one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old male lamb.
Psalms 49:7It is certain that no one can redeem his brother 1 or give God a ransom for him, 1
Isaiah 53:8By coercion and judgment he was condemned; who from that generation thought anymore about him? 1 But he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the offenses of my people the penalty was put on him. 1
Daniel 9:24Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to end the guilt and put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring everlasting righteousness, to carry out the vision and the prophecy, and to consecrate the most holy place.
Matthew 26:28For this is my blood of the covenant that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 22:27For who is greater, the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as one who serves.
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 →