Matthew 20:27
let him be your servant:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 18:4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven:
Luke 22:26But ye shall not do so: but let the greatest among you be as the younger; and he that presides as he that serveth.
Romans 1:14For I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the learned and the unlearned:
2 Corinthians 4:5for we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for the sake of Jesus.
2 Corinthians 11:23so am I: are they ministers of Christ? (if I may speak as a fool) I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes far exceeding, in prisons more frequently, and often even in deaths.
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 →