Luke 22:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For 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.

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  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even 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.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Happy 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.
  • Luke 17:7-9 : 7 But 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, 8 Will 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? 9 Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?
  • John 13:5-9 : 5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him. 6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you? 7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come. 8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head. 10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you. 11 (He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.) 12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you? 13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am. 14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean. 15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you. 16 Truly 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.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; 8 And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 22:23-26
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    88%

    23 And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

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

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

    26 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.

  • Matt 23:11-12
    2 verses
    85%

    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.

  • Matt 20:25-28
    4 verses
    80%

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

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

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

    28 Even 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.

  • Mark 9:34-35
    2 verses
    79%

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

    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.

  • Luke 17:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7 But 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,

    8 Will 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?

    9 Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    79%

    42 And 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.

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

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

    45 For 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.

  • John 13:12-16
    5 verses
    77%

    12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?

    13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

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

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

    16 Truly 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 22:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

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

    29 And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,

    30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Luke 14:7-11
    5 verses
    76%

    7 And 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,

    8 When 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,

    9 And 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.

    10 But 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.

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

  • Luke 12:37
    75%

    37 Happy 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.

  • John 12:26
    75%

    26 If 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.

  • Matt 10:24
    73%

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

  • John 13:4-5
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    72%

    4 Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

    5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

  • Luke 22:14
    72%

    14 And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

  • Luke 14:15
    72%

    15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 9:46
    72%

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

  • Luke 22:21
    72%

    21 But the hand of him who is false to me is with me at the table.

  • Mark 14:18
    71%

    18 And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

  • John 12:2
    70%

    2 So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

  • Mark 14:20
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    20 And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

  • Luke 14:24
    70%

    24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.

  • Luke 22:11
    70%

    11 And say to the master of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

  • John 13:18
    70%

    18 I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

  • Matt 26:20
    70%

    20 Now when evening was come, he was seated at table with the twelve disciples;

  • Matt 20:23
    70%

    23 They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.

  • Eph 6:7
    69%

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