Matthew 20:27
And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.
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- Mark 9:33-35 : 33 And he came to Capernaum: And when he was come into the house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among your selues by the way? 34 And they helde their peace: For by the way, they had reasoned among them selues, who shoulde be the chiefest. 35 And when he was set downe, he called the twelue to hym, and sayde vnto them: If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of al, & seruaut vnto al.
- Luke 22:26 : 26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.
- Acts 20:34-35 : 34 Yea, ye your selues knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
- Rom 1:14 : 14 I am debter both to the grekes, and to the barbarous, both to the wyse, and to the vnwise.
- 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo. 20 Unto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I might win the Iewes: To them that are vnder the lawe, I become as though I were vnder the lawe, that I might win them that are vnder the lawe: 21 To them that are without lawe, become as though I were without lawe, (when I was not without law as parteyning to the lawe of God, but in the lawe of Christe) to winne them that are without lawe. 22 To the weake became I as weake, that I might winne the weake. I am made all thinges to all men, that I might at the least way saue some. 23 And this I do for the Gospels sake, that I might haue my part therof.
- 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake.
- 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.
- 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft. 24 Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie stripes saue one. 25 Thryse was I beaten with roddes, once stoned, thrise I suffred shipwracke, nyght and day haue I ben in ye depth: 26 In iourneying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of myne owne nation, in perils among the heathen, in perils in the citie, in perils in the wildernesse, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren, 27 In labour & trauayle, in watchinges often, in hunger and thirst, in fastinges often, in colde and nakednesse,
- Matt 18:4 : 4 Whosoeuer therfore shall humble hym selfe as this litle chylde, the same is ye greatest in the kingdome of heauen.
- 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.
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- Mark 10:42-454 verses92%
42 But Iesus, when he had called them to hym, sayde vnto them: ye knowe, that they which seeme to beare rule among the Gentiles, raigne as Lordes ouer them: And they that be great among them, exercise aucthoritie vpon them.
43 Neuerthelesse, so shall it not be among you: but whosoeuer of you, wyll be great among you, shalbe your minister:
44 And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all.
45 For the sonne of man also came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister, & to geue his lyfe, a raunsome for many.
- Matt 20:25-262 verses91%
25 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye know that the princes of the gentiles haue dominion ouer them: and they that are great, exercise aucthoritie vpon them.
26 It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister:
- Matt 23:10-123 verses86%
10 Neither be ye called maisters: for one is your maister euen Christe.
11 He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt.
12 But whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.
- Luke 22:23-275 verses85%
23 And they began to enquire among them selues, which of them it was that shoulde do it.
24 And there was a stryfe among the, which of them shoulde seeme to be the greatest.
25 And he saide vnto them: The kinges of nations raigne ouer them, and they that haue aucthoritie vpo them, are called gracious Lordes.
26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.
27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.
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35 And when he was set downe, he called the twelue to hym, and sayde vnto them: If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of al, & seruaut vnto al.
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28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.
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16 So the last, shalbe the first, & the first shalbe last: For many be called, but fewe be chosen.
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26 If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.
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30 But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last, shalbe first.
- John 13:14-163 verses72%
14 If I then your Lorde and Maister, haue wasshed your feete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete.
15 For I haue geuen you an ensample, that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you.
16 Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater the his maister, neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym.
- Luke 17:7-82 verses72%
7 But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:
8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?
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4 Whosoeuer therfore shall humble hym selfe as this litle chylde, the same is ye greatest in the kingdome of heauen.
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31 But many that are first, shalbe last: and the last, first.
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47 Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.
- Luke 14:10-112 verses71%
10 But when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme, that when he that bad thee cometh, he may say vnto thee, friende syt vp hyer: Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee.
11 For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.
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24 The disciple is not aboue the maister, nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde.
- Luke 12:43-442 verses70%
43 Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.
44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.
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30 And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first: And there are first, which shalbe last.
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7 Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men:
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37 Happy are those seruauntes, who the Lorde, when he commeth, shall fynde wakyng. Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall girde him selfe, and make them to syt downe to meate, and wyll come foorth, and minister vnto them.
- 1 Cor 7:21-233 verses68%
21 Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.
23 Ye are dearely bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men.
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46 Then there arose a disputatio among them, which of them should be the greatest.
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5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.
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7 But made hym selfe of no reputation, takyng on him the fourme of a seruaut, and made in the lykenesse of men, and founde in figure as a man:
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5 Let ye same mynde be in you, which was in Christe Iesus:
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45 Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season.
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33 So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he can not be my disciple.
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1 Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen.
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24 Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If any man wyll folowe me, let hym forsake him selfe, and take vp his crosse, and folowe me.
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9 Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne:
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1 Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
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21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.
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20 Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde. If they haue persecuted me, they wyll also persecute you. If they haue kept my saying, they wyll kepe yours also.