Matthew 23:11

American Standard Version (1901)

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

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  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
  • Phil 2:5-8 : 5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.
  • Matt 20:26-27 : 26 Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister; 27 and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:
  • Mark 10:43-44 : 43 But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister; 44 and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.
  • Luke 22:26-27 : 26 But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.
  • John 13:14-15 : 14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I was free from all [men], I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

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    23And they began to question among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

    24And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.

    25And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.

    26But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

    27For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

  • Mark 10:42-45
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    42And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.

    43But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;

    44and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

    45For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  • Matt 20:25-28
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    25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

    26Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

    27and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:

    28even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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    12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

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    34But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on the way, who [was] the greatest.

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    9and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

    10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

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    10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, [even] the Christ.

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    13Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

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    24A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

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    26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

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    5Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

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    43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

    44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

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    47Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

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