Matthew 20:27
“And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:”
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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Cross-References
“And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?”
“But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.”
“Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.”
“Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
“I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.”