Matthew 23:11

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The greatest among you will be your servant.

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  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • Phil 2:5-8 : 5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of humanity. And being found in appearance as a man, 8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
  • Matt 20:26-27 : 26 'It shall not be so among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.' 27 'And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.'
  • Mark 10:43-44 : 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.'
  • Luke 22:26-27 : 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.
  • John 13:14-15 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 22:23-27
    5 verses
    88%

    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.

  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    88%

    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 20:25-28
    4 verses
    86%

    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.'

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

    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.

  • Matt 23:12
    84%

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

  • Mark 9:34-35
    2 verses
    81%

    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.'

  • Luke 14:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    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.'

  • Matt 23:10
    79%

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

  • Matt 18:4
    78%

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

  • John 13:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13 'You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, because I am.'

    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.

  • Matt 10:24
    75%

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

  • John 12:26
    73%

    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.

  • Luke 9:46
    73%

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

  • Matt 18:1
    72%

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

  • Matt 11:11
    72%

    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.

  • Prov 12:9
    72%

    9 Better to be lowly and have a servant than to act important and have no food.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    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’?

  • Mark 10:31
    71%

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

  • Jas 4:10
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    10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

  • Phil 2:7
    70%

    7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of humanity. And being found in appearance as a man,

  • John 13:5
    70%

    5 Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel He had tied around Himself.

  • Luke 12:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43 Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing so when he returns.

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

  • Matt 19:30
    70%

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

  • Luke 9:48
    70%

    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.'

  • Matt 20:16
    69%

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

  • Matt 24:47
    69%

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

  • Luke 18:14
    69%

    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.'

  • Matt 5:19
    69%

    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 12:37
    69%

    37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, have them recline at the table, and will come to wait on them.

  • Col 4:1
    69%

    1 Masters, treat your servants with justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

  • 1 Cor 7:23
    69%

    23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

  • Matt 18:23
    69%

    23 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

  • 1 Pet 5:5
    69%

    5 In the same way, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.