Verse 27

For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 20:28 : 28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.
• Luke 12:37 : 37 Happy are those seruauntes, who the Lorde, when he commeth, shall fynde wakyng. Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall girde him selfe, and make them to syt downe to meate, and wyll come foorth, and minister vnto them.
• Luke 17:7-9 : 7 But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table: 8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou? 9 Doth he thanke that seruaunt, because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym? I trowe not.
• John 13:5-9 : 5 After that, he powred water into a bason, and began to washe the disciples feete, and to wype them with the towel wherwith he was gyrded. 6 Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde vnto hym: Lorde, doest thou wasshe my feete? 7 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: What I do, thou wotest not nowe, but thou shalt knowe hereafter. 8 Peter sayth vnto hym: Thou shalt neuer wasshe my feete. Iesus aunswered hym: If I wasshe thee not, thou hast no part with me. 9 Simon Peter sayth vnto him: Lorde, not my feete only, but also the handes, and the head. 10 Iesus sayth to hym: He that is wasshed, nedeth not saue to washe his feete, but is cleane euery whit. And ye are cleane, but not all. 11 For he knewe who it was that should betray hym. Therfore sayde he: ye are not all cleane. 12 So, after he had wasshed their feete, and receaued his clothes, and was set downe agayne, he sayde vnto them: Wote ye what I haue done to you? 13 Ye call me Maister, and Lorde, and ye say well, for so am I. 14 If I then your Lorde and Maister, haue wasshed your feete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete. 15 For I haue geuen you an ensample, that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you. 16 Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater the his maister, neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poore, that ye through his pouertie might be made rich.
• Phil 2:7-8 : 7 But made hym selfe of no reputation, takyng on him the fourme of a seruaut, and made in the lykenesse of men, and founde in figure as a man: 8 He humbled hym selfe, made obedient vnto death, euen the death of the crosse.