Luke 22:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

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  • Luke 9:48 : 48 And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
  • 3 John 1:9-9 : 9 I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there. 10 So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
  • Matt 18:3-5 : 3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. 10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ. 11 But let the greatest among you be your servant. 12 And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
  • Mark 9:35 : 35 And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

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  • Matt 20:25-28
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    25But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

    26Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

    27And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

    28Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

  • Matt 23:10-12
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    10And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.

    11But let the greatest among you be your servant.

    12And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

  • Luke 22:27-28
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    27For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

    28But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;

  • Mark 10:42-45
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    42And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

    43But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

    44And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

    45For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

  • Luke 22:23-25
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    23And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

    24And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

    25And he said, The kings of the Gentiles are lords over them, and those who have authority are given names of honour.

  • Mark 9:34-35
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    34But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

    35And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

  • John 13:14-16
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    14If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

    15I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

    16Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

    8Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

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    24A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

  • John 12:26
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    26If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

  • Luke 14:7-11
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    7And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

    8When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

    9And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

    10But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

    11For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

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    4Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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    46Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.

  • Matt 20:16
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    16So the last will be first, and the first last.

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    31But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

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    5And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

  • Gal 4:1
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    1But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

  • 1 Pet 5:3
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    3Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

  • 1 Cor 7:21
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    21If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

  • Eph 6:7
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    7Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

  • Phil 2:3
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    3Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

  • Luke 12:37
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    37Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

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    48And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

  • Matt 19:30
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    30But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

  • Matt 18:1
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    1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

    2And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

  • Luke 13:30
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    30And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

  • Eph 6:9
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    9And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

  • Luke 6:40
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    40The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

  • Phil 2:7
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    7But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;