Matthew 20:27
And whoever among you willeth to be first, let him be to you the servant.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Whosoever therefore humbleth himself as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 22:26But you, not so: yea, he who is great among you, let him be as the least; and he who is chief, as one who serveth.
Romans 1:14that among you also I may have fruit as among the rest of the nations of the Javnoyee and Barbaroyee, the wise and the foolish,
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but the Meshiha, Jeshu our Lord; but ourselves that we are your servants for the sake of Jeshu.
2 Corinthians 11:23if they are ministers of the Meshiha,-I speak with defectiveness of mind,-I exceed then! In labours I exceed them, in stripes I exceed them, in chains I exceed them, in deaths many times.
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 →