Matthew 23:11
But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
Luke 22:26But not so with you. Rather, the one who is greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
1 Corinthians 9:19For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
Philippians 2:5Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →