Matthew 20:28
Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
27And, whosoever shall desire, among you, to be first, shall be, your servant:—
29And, as they were going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude;
Cross References
Numbers 7:15one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;
Psalms 49:7A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
Isaiah 53:8By constraint and by sentence, was he taken away, And of his age, who considered That he was cut off out of the land of the living, For my people’s transgression, did the stroke fall on him?
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks, have been divided concerning thy people and concerning thy holy city—to put an end to the transgression, and fill up the measure of sin, and put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and bring in the righteousness of ages, and affix a seal the vision and prophecy, and anoint the holy of holies.
Matthew 26:28For, this, is my blood of the covenant, which, for many, is to be poured out, for remission of sins.
Luke 22:27For which is greater—he that reclineth? or he that ministereth? Is not he that reclineth? But, I, am, in your midst, as he that ministereth,
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 →