Matthew 20:26
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.
Cross References
Matthew 23:8But be not ye called, Rabbi: for one is your doctour, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren.
Matthew 27:55And many women were there, beholding him a farre off, which had folowed Iesus from Galile, ministring vnto him.
Mark 10:43But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.
Luke 14:7He spake also a parable to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe roomes, and said vnto them,
John 18:36Iesus answered, My kingdome is not of this worlde: if my kingdome were of this worlde, my seruants would surely fight, that I should not be deliuered to the Iewes: but nowe is my kingdome not from hence.
2 Corinthians 1:24Not that wee haue dominion ouer your faith, but wee are helpers of your ioy: for by faith yee stande.
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 →