Matthew 20:27
And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Whosoeuer therefore shall humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.
Luke 22:26But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth.
Romans 1:14I am detter both to the Grecians, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise men and vnto the vnwise.
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.
2 Corinthians 11:23They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft.
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 →