Matthew 20:28

As man’s Son came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life (as a) redemption for many.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

In Context

27and whoever among you will be the first, (yea), he shall be your servant.

29And when they went out of Jericho, much people (pur)sued him. (And when they left Jericho, many people followed him.)

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Cross References

Numbers 7:15He offered an ox of the drove, and a ram, and a lamb of one year, into burnt sacrifice; ( And he offered an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb, for a burnt sacrifice;)

Psalms 49:7A brother again-buyeth not, shall a man again-buy? and he shall not give to God his pleasing. (No one shall ever be able to redeem himself; he shall never be able to pay God the price that he asketh for him.)

Isaiah 53:8He is taken away from anguish and from doom; who shall tell out the generation of him? For he was cut down from the land of livers. I smote him for the great trespass of my people. (He was brought to trial and to judgement; and who shall tell out his future? And then he was cut down from the land of the living. I struck him down for the great trespass of my people.)

Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks of years be abridged on thy people, and on thine holy city, that trespassing be ended, and sin take an end (or and sin is brought to an end), and that wickedness be done away, and everlasting rightfulness be brought, and that the vision and prophecy be [ful] filled, and the Holy (Place) of (the) saints be anointed.

Matthew 26:28this is my blood of the new testament (or this is my blood of the new covenant), which shall be shed for many, into remission of sins.

Luke 22:27For who is greater, he that sitteth at the meat, or he that ministereth? whether not he that sitteth at the meat? And I am in the middle [or in the midst] of you, as he that ministereth. (For who is greater, he who sitteth at the meal, or he who serveth it? whether not he who sitteth at the meal? But I am in the midst of you, like he who 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 →

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