Matthew 20:27
"and whoever wishes to be first among you, shall be your slave;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
26"Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you wishes to become great, shall be your minister,
Cross References
Matthew 18:4"Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven;
Luke 22:26"But you shall not be so. But he who is greater among you let him become like the younger; and he who is leader like him who serves.
Romans 1:14To Greeks and to barbarians, to the cultured and to the uncultured, I have a debt to discharge.
2 Corinthians 4:5It is not myself that I proclaim, but Christ Jesus as Master, and myself that I proclaim, and myself your slave for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, 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 →