Matthew 20:26
but it shall not be so among you; but whoever among you willeth to be great, let him be minister to you.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
In Context
27And whoever among you willeth to be first, let him be to you the servant.
Cross References
Matthew 23:8But be you not called Râbi: for One is your Master; but all ye are brethren.
Matthew 27:55(And) many women were there, beholding from afar; those who had come after Jeshu from Galila, and had ministered unto him.
Mark 10:43but not thus shall it be among you. But if any one among you willeth to be great, let him be to you the servant;
Luke 14:7And he spoke a parable to them who had been invited there, forasmuch as he had observed them, that they chose the chief places of reclining:
John 18:36Jeshu saith to him, My kingdom is not from this world. If from this world were my kingdom, my servants would have fought, that I should not have been delivered to the Jihudoyee. But now my kingdom is not from hence.
2 Corinthians 1:24Not because we are lords of your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.
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 →