Matthew 20:28
So, the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life the redemption for many.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whoever among you willeth to be first, let him be to you the servant.
29AND when Jeshu went forth from Jirichu, a great multitude cometh after him.
Cross References
Matthew 26:28this (is) my blood of the new covenant, which for multitudes is shed for the remission of sins.
Luke 22:27For who is greatest, he who reclineth, or he who serveth? Is not he who reclineth? But I am among you as he who serveth.
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 →