Matthew 20:26
Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you desireth to be great, let him be to you, a ministerer:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
In Context
27and whoever among you desireth to be first, let him be your servant:
Cross References
Matthew 23:8But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Rabbi, and ye are all brethren.
Matthew 27:55And many women were there, looking on from a distance; the same who had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him.
Mark 10:43But it shall not be so among you: but he that would be great among you, must be a servitor to you.
Luke 14:7And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were present, as he noticed how they chose places on the highest couches.
John 18:36Jesus said to him: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews: but now, my kingdom is not from hence.
2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we are lords over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for it is by faith ye stand.
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 →