Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
27and whoever among you desireth to be first, let him be your servant:
29And as Jesus passed out of Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Cross References
Matthew 26:28This is my blood of the new testament, which, in behalf of many, is shed for the remission of sins.
Luke 22:27For, which is the greater, he that reclineth, or he that serveth? Is not he that reclineth? But I am among you, as he that serveth.
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 →