Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
27and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant;
29As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him,
Cross References
Matthew 26:28for this is my blood which is to be poured out for many for the remission of sins--the blood which ratifies the Covenant.
Luke 22:27For which is the greater--he who sits at table, or he who waits on him? Is it not he who sits at table? But my position among you is that of one who waits on others.
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 →