Verse 1
At the same tyme came the disciples vnto Iesus, and sayde: Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen?
Referenced Verses
- Matt 20:20-28 : 20 Then came vnto him the mother of Zebedes childre with hir sonnes, fell downe before him, and desyred a certayne thinge of hi. 21 And he saide vnto her: What wilt thou? She sayde vnto him: Let these two sonnes of myne syt in thy kyngdome: the one vpon thy right honde, & the other vpon thy left honde. 22 But Iesus answered, and sayde: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, that I shal drynke? & to be baptised with the baptyme, that I shalbe baptysed withall? 23 They sayde vnto him: Yee that we maye. And he sayde vnto them: My cuppe truly shal ye drynke, & with the baptyme yt I shal be baptysed withall, shal ye be baptysed: Neuertheles to syt vpon my right honde & on my left, is not myne to geue, but vnto the for who it is prepared of my father. 24 Whan the ten herde that, they disdayned at the two brethren. 25 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye knowe that ye prynces of the worlde haue domynacion of the people, and the greatest exercise power amonge the. 26 It shal not be so amonge you. But whoso euer wyl be greate amonge you, let him be youre mynister: 27 & who soeuer wyl be chefe, let him be youre seruaunt: 28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.
- Luke 9:46-48 : 46 There came a thought also amonge them, which of them shulde be the greatest. 47 But wha Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their hert, he toke a childe, & set him harde by him, 48 and sayde vnto them? Whosoeuer receaueth this childe in my name, receaueth me: and who so euer receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me. But who so is leest amoge you all, ye same shal be greate.
- Mark 9:33-37 : 33 And he came to Capernaum. And whan he was at home, he axed them? What disputed ye amonge youre selues by ye waye? 34 But they helde their tuges: For they had disputed by the waye amonge them selues, who shulde be ye greatest. 35 And he sat downe, and called the twolue, and sayde vnto them: Yf eny man wyl be the first, the same shal be the last of all, and the seruaunt of all. 36 And he toke a childe, and set him in the myddest of them, and toke him in his armes, and sayde vnto them: 37 Who so euer receaueth soch a childe in my name, receaueth me: and who so euer receaueth me, receaueth not me, but him that hath sent me.
- Mark 10:14-15 : 14 Neuertheles whan Iesus sawe it, he was displeased, and sayde vnto them: Suffre the children to come vnto me, and forbyd them not, for of soch is the kyngdome of God. 15 Verely I saye vnto you: Who so euer receaueth not the kyngdome of God as a childe, he shal not entre therin.
- Mark 10:35-45 : 35 Then wete vnto him Iames and Ihon ye sonnes of Zebede, and sayde: Master, We desyre, that what soeuer we axe of the, thou wilt do it for vs. 36 He sayde vnto the: What desyre ye that I shal do to you? 37 They sayde vnto him: Graunte vs, that we maye syt one at thy right hande, and one at thy left hande in thy glory. 38 But Iesus sayde vnto the: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, yt I shal drynke? and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall? 39 They sayde vnto him: Yee yt we maye. Iesus sayde vnto them: The cuppe that I drynke, shal ye drynke in dede: and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shall be baptysed withall. 40 Neuertheles to syt at my right hande and at my left, is not myne to geue you, but vnto them for whom it is prepared. 41 And wha the ten herde that, they disdayned at Iames and Ihon. 42 But Iesus called them, and sayde vnto them: Ye knowe that the prynces of ye worlde haue domynacion of the people, and ye mightie exercise auctorite amonge them. 43 So shal it not be amonge you: but who so euer wil be greate amoge you, shal be youre mynister: 44 and who so wyl be chefest amonge you, shalbe seruaunt of all. 45 For the sonne of man also came not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redempcion for many.
- Luke 22:24-27 : 24 There rose a strife also amoge the, which of them shulde be take for the greatest. 25 But he sayde vnto them: The kynges of ye worlde haue domynion ouer ye people, and they that beare rule ouer the, are called gracious lordes. 26 But ye shal not be so: But the greatest amonge you, shalbe as the yongest: and the chefest, as a seruaunt. 27 For which is the greatest? he that sytteth at the table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sytteth at the table? But I am amoge you as a mynister.
- Matt 3:2 : 2 saynge: Amede youre selues, the kyngdome of heuen is at honde.