Luke 22:27

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For which is the greatest? he that sytteth at the table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sytteth at the table? But I am amoge you as a mynister.

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  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those seruauntes, whom the LORDE (whan he cometh) shal fynde wakynge. Verely I saye vnto you: He shal gyrde vp him self, and make them syt downe at the table, and shal go by them, and mynister vnto them.
  • Luke 17:7-9 : 7 Which of you is it, that hath a seruaunt (which ploweth, or fedeth the catell) wha he commeth home from ye felde, that he wil saye vnto him: Go quyckly, and syt the downe to meate? 8 Is it not thus? that he sayeth vnto him: Make ready, that I maye suppe, gyrde vp thyself, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, afterwarde shalt thou eate and drynke also. 9 Thanketh he the same seruaunt also, because he dyd that was commaunded him? I trowe not.
  • John 13:5-9 : 5 Afterwarde poured he water into a basen, and beganne to wash the disciples fete, and dryed them with the towell, yt he was gyrded withall. 6 Then came he vnto Symon Peter, and ye same sayde vnto him: LORDE, shalt thou washe my fete? 7 Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt knowe it herafter. 8 The sayde Peter vnto him: Thou shalt neuer wash my fete. Iesus answered him: Yf I wash ye not, thou shalt haue no parte with me. 9 Symon Peter sayde vnto him: LORDE, not the fete onely, but the handes also and the heade. 10 Iesus sayde vnto him: He that is wasshe, nedeth not, saue to washe ye fete, but is cleane euery whytt. And ye are cleane but not all. 11 For he knewe his betrayer, therfore sayde he: ye are not all cleane. 12 Now whan he had wasshen their fete, and taken his clothes, he sat him downe agayne, and sayde vnto the: Wote ye what I haue done vnto you? 13 Ye call me master and LORDE, and ye saye right therin, for so I am. 14 Yf I then youre LORDE and master haue wasshen youre fete, ye ought also to wash one anothers fete. 15 I haue geue you an ensample, that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you. 16 Verely verely I saye vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde, nether is the Apostell greater then he that sent him.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye knowe the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which though he be riche, yet for youre sakes he became poore, yt ye thorow his pouerte mighte be made riche.
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but made him selfe of no reputacion, and toke vpon him the shappe of a seruaunt, became like another man, 8 and was founde in his apparell as a man: he humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen vnto the death of the crosse.

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  • Luke 22:23-26
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    23And they beganne to axe amonge them selues, which of them it shulde be, that shulde do that.

    24There rose a strife also amoge the, which of them shulde be take for the greatest.

    25But he sayde vnto them: The kynges of ye worlde haue domynion ouer ye people, and they that beare rule ouer the, are called gracious lordes.

    26But ye shal not be so: But the greatest amonge you, shalbe as the yongest: and the chefest, as a seruaunt.

  • Matt 23:11-12
    2 verses
    85%

    11He that is greatest amoge you, shalbe youre seruaunt.

    12For who so exalteth himself, shal be brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

  • Matt 20:25-28
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    25But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye knowe that ye prynces of the worlde haue domynacion of the people, and the greatest exercise power amonge the.

    26It shal not be so amonge you. But whoso euer wyl be greate amonge you, let him be youre mynister:

    27& who soeuer wyl be chefe, let him be youre seruaunt:

    28Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

  • Mark 9:34-35
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    34But they helde their tuges: For they had disputed by the waye amonge them selues, who shulde be ye greatest.

    35And he sat downe, and called the twolue, and sayde vnto them: Yf eny man wyl be the first, the same shal be the last of all, and the seruaunt of all.

  • Luke 17:7-9
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    7Which of you is it, that hath a seruaunt (which ploweth, or fedeth the catell) wha he commeth home from ye felde, that he wil saye vnto him: Go quyckly, and syt the downe to meate?

    8Is it not thus? that he sayeth vnto him: Make ready, that I maye suppe, gyrde vp thyself, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, afterwarde shalt thou eate and drynke also.

    9Thanketh he the same seruaunt also, because he dyd that was commaunded him? I trowe not.

  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    79%

    42But Iesus called them, and sayde vnto them: Ye knowe that the prynces of ye worlde haue domynacion of the people, and ye mightie exercise auctorite amonge them.

    43So shal it not be amonge you: but who so euer wil be greate amoge you, shal be youre mynister:

    44and who so wyl be chefest amonge you, shalbe seruaunt of all.

    45For the sonne of man also came not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redempcion for many.

  • John 13:12-16
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    77%

    12Now whan he had wasshen their fete, and taken his clothes, he sat him downe agayne, and sayde vnto the: Wote ye what I haue done vnto you?

    13Ye call me master and LORDE, and ye saye right therin, for so I am.

    14Yf I then youre LORDE and master haue wasshen youre fete, ye ought also to wash one anothers fete.

    15I haue geue you an ensample, that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you.

    16Verely verely I saye vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde, nether is the Apostell greater then he that sent him.

  • Luke 22:28-30
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    28As for you, ye are they, that haue bydde wt me in my temptacions.

    29And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you, euen as my father hath appoynted me,

    30that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome, and syt vpon seates, and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel.

  • Luke 14:7-11
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    7And he tolde a symilitude vnto ye gestes, wha he marked how they chose the hyest seates, & sayde vnto the:

    8Whan thou art bydde of eny man to a weddynge, syt not downe in the hyest rowme, lest a more honorable man the thou be bydde of him,

    9and he that bade both the and him, come & saye vnto ye: geue this ma rowme, and thou the begynne with shame to take ye lowest rowme.

    10But rather wha thou art bydde, go and syt in ye lowest rowme, that wha he that bade the, cometh, he maye saye vnto the: Frende, syt vp hyer: then shalt thou haue worshipe in the presence of them that syt at the table.

    11For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he yt humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

  • Luke 12:37
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    37Blessed are those seruauntes, whom the LORDE (whan he cometh) shal fynde wakynge. Verely I saye vnto you: He shal gyrde vp him self, and make them syt downe at the table, and shal go by them, and mynister vnto them.

  • John 12:26
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    26He that wyl serue me, let him folowe me. And where I am, there shal my seruaunt be also: and he that serueth me, him shal my father honoure.

  • Matt 10:24
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    24The disciple is not aboue the master, nether the seruaunt aboue the LORDE.

  • John 13:4-5
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    4he rose from supper, and layed asyde his vpper garmentes, and toke a towell, and gyrde it aboute him.

    5Afterwarde poured he water into a basen, and beganne to wash the disciples fete, and dryed them with the towell, yt he was gyrded withall.

  • Luke 22:14
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    14And whan the houre came, he sat him downe, and the twolue Apostles with him,

  • Luke 14:15
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    15Whan one of them that sat by at the table herde this, he sayde vnto him: Blessed is he, that eateth bred in ye kyngdome of God.

  • Luke 9:46
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    46There came a thought also amonge them, which of them shulde be the greatest.

  • Luke 22:21
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    21But lo, the hande of him that betrayeth me, is with me on the table.

  • Mark 14:18
    71%

    18And as they sat at the table & ate, Iesus sayde: Verely I saye vnto you: One of you yt eateth wt me, shal betraye me.

  • John 12:2
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    2There they made him a supper, and Martha serued. But Lazarus was one of them, that sat at the table with him.

  • Mark 14:20
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    20He answered & saide vnto the: One of the twolue, euen ye same yt dyppeth with me in ye platter.

  • Luke 14:24
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    24But I saye vnto you: that none of these men which were bydden, shal taist of my supper.

  • Luke 22:11
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    11and saye vnto the good man of the house: The master sendeth ye worde: Where is ye gesthouse, wherin I maye eate the Easter labe with my disciples?

  • John 13:18
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    18I speake not of you all, I knowe whom I haue chosen, but that the scripture might be fulfilled: He yt eateth my bred, hath lift vp his hele against me.

  • Matt 26:20
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    20And at euen he sat downe at the table with the twolue.

  • Matt 20:23
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    23They sayde vnto him: Yee that we maye. And he sayde vnto them: My cuppe truly shal ye drynke, & with the baptyme yt I shal be baptysed withall, shal ye be baptysed: Neuertheles to syt vpon my right honde & on my left, is not myne to geue, but vnto the for who it is prepared of my father.

  • Eph 6:7
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    7with good wyll. Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not me: