Matthew 20:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.

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  • Mark 9:33-35 : 33 After, he came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among you by the way? 34 And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest. 35 And he sate downe, and called the twelue, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of all, and seruant vnto all.
  • Luke 22:26 : 26 But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth.
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 Yea, ye knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I haue shewed you all things, howe that so labouring, ye ought to support the weake, and to remember the wordes of the Lord Iesus, howe that hee saide, It is a blessed thing to giue, rather then to receiue.
  • Rom 1:14 : 14 I am detter both to the Grecians, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise men and vnto the vnwise.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe. 20 And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe: 21 To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe: 22 To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some. 23 And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lorde, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.
  • 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft. 24 Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fourtie stripes saue one. 25 I was thrise beaten with roddes: I was once stoned: I suffered thrise shipwracke: night and day haue I bene in the deepe sea. 26 In iourneying I was often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine owne nation, in perils among the Gentiles, in perils in the citie, in perils in wildernes, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren, 27 In wearinesse and painefulnesse, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in colde and in nakednesse.
  • Matt 18:4 : 4 Whosoeuer therefore shal humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    92%

    42But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayd to them, Ye know that they which are princes among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be great among them, exercise authoritie ouer them.

    43But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant.

    44And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.

    45For euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the raunsome of many.

  • Matt 20:25-26
    2 verses
    91%

    25Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and saide, We knowe that the lordes of the Gentiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie ouer them.

    26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.

  • Matt 23:10-12
    3 verses
    86%

    10Be not called doctors: for one is your doctor, euen Christ.

    11But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.

    12For whosoeuer will exalt himselfe, shall be brought lowe: and whosoeuer will humble himselfe, shalbe exalted.

  • Luke 22:23-27
    5 verses
    85%

    23Then they began to enquire among themselues which of them it should be, that should do that.

    24And there arose also a strife among them, which of them should seeme to be ye greatest.

    25But hee saide vnto them, The Kings of the Gentiles reigne ouer them, and they that beare rule ouer them, are called bountifull.

    26But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth.

    27For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.

  • Mark 9:35
    81%

    35And he sate downe, and called the twelue, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of all, and seruant vnto all.

  • Matt 20:28
    81%

    28Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.

  • Matt 20:16
    74%

    16So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen.

  • John 12:26
    73%

    26If any man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shall also my seruant be: and if any man serue me, him will my Father honour.

  • Matt 19:30
    72%

    30But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last shalbe first.

  • John 13:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14If I then your Lorde, and Master, haue washed your feete, ye also ought to wash one an others feete.

    15For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.

    16Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table?

    8And woulde not rather say to him, Dresse wherewith I may suppe, and girde thy selfe, and serue mee, till I haue eaten and drunken, and afterward eate thou, and drinke thou?

  • Matt 18:4
    71%

    4Whosoeuer therefore shal humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

  • Mark 10:31
    71%

    31But many that are first, shall be last, and the last, first.

  • Matt 24:47
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    47Verely I say vnto you, he shall make him ruler ouer all his goods.

  • Luke 14:10-11
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    71%

    10But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roome, that when he that bade thee, cometh, he may say vnto thee, Friende, sit vp hier: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.

    11For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shal be exalted.

  • Matt 10:24
    70%

    24The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his Lord.

  • Luke 12:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

    44Of a trueth I say vnto you, that he wil make him ruler ouer all that he hath.

  • Luke 13:30
    69%

    30And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first, and there are first, which shalbe last.

  • Eph 6:7
    69%

    7With good will, seruing the Lord, and not men.

  • Luke 12:37
    68%

    37Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde waking: verely I say vnto you, he will girde himselfe about, and make them to sit downe at table, and will come forth, and serue them.

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
    3 verses
    68%

    21Art thou called being a seruant? care not for it: but if yet thou maiest be free, vse it rather.

    22For he that is called in the Lorde, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.

    23Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.

  • Luke 9:46
    68%

    46Then there arose a disputation among them, which of them should be the greatest.

  • Eph 6:5
    68%

    5Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters, according to the flesh, with feare & trembling in singlenesse of your hearts as vnto Christ,

  • Phil 2:7
    68%

    7But he made himself of no reputation, & tooke on him ye forme of a seruant, & was made like vnto men, and was founde in shape as a man.

  • Phil 2:5
    68%

    5Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus,

  • Matt 24:45
    67%

    45Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?

  • Luke 14:33
    67%

    33So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

  • Col 4:1
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    1Ye masters, doe vnto your seruants, that which is iust, and equall, knowing that ye also haue a master in heauen.

  • Matt 16:24
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    24Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.

  • Titus 2:9
    67%

    9Let seruants be subiect to their masters, & please them in al things, not answering again,

  • 1 Tim 6:1
    67%

    1Let as many seruaunts as are vnder the yoke, count their masters worthie of all honour, that the Name of God, and his doctrine be not euill spoken of.

  • Prov 29:21
    67%

    21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • John 15:20
    67%

    20Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.