Matthew 23:11
He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
In Context
10And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is one alone--the Christ.
12and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted.
Cross References
Matthew 20:26Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,
Luke 22:26With you it is not so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and the leader be like him who serves.
1 Corinthians 9:19Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.) Much more am I His servant; serving Him more thoroughly than they by my labours, and more thoroughly also by my imprisonments, by excessively cruel floggings, and with risk of life many a time.
Philippians 2:5Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →