Matthew 20:26

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'It shall not be so among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.'

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  • Mark 9:35 : 35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.'
  • Mark 10:43 : 43 'But it shall not be so among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,'
  • Mark 10:45 : 45 'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
  • 3 John 1:9-9 : 9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, does not acknowledge us. 10 Because of this, if I come, I will bring up what he is doing: spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and he also prevents others who want to do so and expels them from the church.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly amazed.
  • Acts 13:5 : 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their assistant.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
  • 2 Cor 10:4-9 : 4 The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but they are powerful through God for the destruction of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5 and every lofty thing that rises up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ. 6 And we are ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete. 7 Do you look only at outward appearances? If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we. 8 Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed. 9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters. 10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'
  • 2 Tim 1:18 : 18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. You know very well how much he helped me in Ephesus.
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 I wanted to keep him with me so that he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel on your behalf.
  • Luke 14:7-9 : 7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them this parable: 8 'When you are invited to a wedding feast, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by the host.' 9 'Then the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ And humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.' 10 'But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.' 11 'For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.'
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
  • Ezek 24:13 : 13 Because of your unclean behavior and wickedness, though I tried to cleanse you, you would not be clean. You will not be cleansed again until I have satisfied my wrath upon you.
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
  • Matt 25:44 : 44 Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you?’
  • Matt 27:55 : 55 Many women were there watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving Him.
  • John 18:36 : 36 Jesus said, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight to prevent my being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.'
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  • Rev 13:11-17 : 11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. 13 It performs great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of the people. 14 It deceives those who dwell on the earth by the signs it was allowed to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 It was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast could speak and cause all who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 It forces everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless they have the mark: the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    94%

    42 Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.'

    43 'But it shall not be so among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,'

    44 'and whoever wants to be first must be a slave to all.'

    45 'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

  • Matt 20:27-28
    2 verses
    91%

    27 'And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.'

    28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

  • Luke 22:23-27
    5 verses
    89%

    23 And they began to discuss among themselves who it might be that would do this.

    24 Then a dispute arose among them about who was considered to be the greatest.

    25 But he said to them, 'The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.'

    26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

    27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

  • Matt 23:10-12
    3 verses
    86%

    10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

    11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

    12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Matt 20:25
    84%

    25 But Jesus called them to himself and said, 'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.'

  • Mark 9:34-36
    3 verses
    77%

    34 But they kept silent, because on the way they had been arguing about who was the greatest.

    35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.'

    36 He took a little child, placed him in the midst of them, and, taking the child in his arms, he said to them,

  • Matt 20:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

    17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and said to them,

  • Matt 18:4
    72%

    4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

  • Luke 9:46
    72%

    46 An argument arose among them about which of them might be the greatest.

  • John 13:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14 If I, then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

    15 For I have given you an example, so that you also should do just as I have done for you.

    16 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

  • Luke 14:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 'But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.'

    11 'For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.'

  • Matt 10:24
    71%

    24 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above the master.

  • John 12:26
    70%

    26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

  • Matt 19:30
    69%

    30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

  • Mark 10:31
    69%

    31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.'

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

    8 Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?

  • Matt 18:1
    68%

    1 At that time, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

  • Matt 5:19
    68%

    19 So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

  • Luke 9:48
    68%

    48 Then he said to them, 'Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the least among you who is the greatest.'

  • Prov 25:6
    68%

    6 Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.

  • Matt 24:47
    67%

    47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Luke 12:44
    67%

    44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

  • Eph 6:7
    67%

    7 Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people,

  • Luke 13:30
    67%

    30 Indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.

  • 1 Pet 5:3
    67%

    3 Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

  • Matt 11:11
    67%

    11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  • Matt 20:23
    67%

    23 He said to them, 'You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left hand is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.'

  • Luke 18:17
    67%

    17 Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will certainly not enter it.

  • Mark 10:15
    67%

    15 'Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'

  • Phil 2:3
    66%

    3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

  • 1 Cor 7:21
    66%

    21 Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so.

  • Mark 10:36
    66%

    36 'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked.

  • John 15:20
    66%

    20 Remember the word I spoke to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

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