Matthew 20:27
and whosoever may wish to be first among you, shall be your slave:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26It shall not be so among you; but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant;
28as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Therefore whosoever shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens;
Luke 22:26But you are not thus: but let the greater among you be as the younger; and the leader as the waiter.
Romans 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and the unwise:
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;
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 →