Matthew 20:28
Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
27And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.
29And as they departed from Iericho, a great multitude followed him.
Cross References
Numbers 7:15A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,
Psalms 49:7Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,
Isaiah 53:8Hee was taken out from prison, and from iudgement: and who shall declare his age? for he was cut out of the lande of the liuing: for the transgression of my people was he plagued.
Daniel 9:24Seuentie weekes are determined vpon thy people and vpon thine holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp the sinnes, and to reconcile the inquitie, and to bring in euerlasting righteousnesse, and to seale vp the vision and prophecie, and to anoynt the most Holy.
Matthew 26:28For this is my blood of the Newe Testament, that is shedde for many, for the remission of sinnes.
Luke 22:27For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.
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 →