Matthew 20:27

and whosoever will be first, let him be your slave.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

In Context

26But thus shall it not be with you. But whosoever will be a great man among you, let him be your servant;

28Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself, as this little child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 22:26But ye shall not act thus: but the superior among you, let him be as the junior; and he that presideth, as he that serveth.

Romans 1:14Both to the Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the ignorant am I a debtor.

2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 11:23Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak foolishly) I am above them: in labours more abundantly, in stripes exceedingly more, in prisons more frequently, in the most immediate danger of death 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 →

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