Matthew 23:11
And the great of you shall be your deacon.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10Be not called teachers: because One is your teacher, Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26It shall not be so among you; but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant;
Luke 22:26But you are not thus: but let the greater among you be as the younger; and the leader as the waiter.
1 Corinthians 9:19For being free from all, I rendered myself servant to all, that I may gain the more.
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;
Philippians 2:5Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →