Matthew 23:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.
  • Phil 2:5-8 : 5 Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus, 6 Who being in ye forme of God, thought it no robberie to be equall with God: 7 But 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. 8 He humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen the death of the Crosse.
  • Matt 20:26-27 : 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant. 27 And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.
  • Mark 10:43-44 : 43 But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant. 44 And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.
  • Luke 22:26-27 : 26 But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth. 27 For 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.
  • John 13:14-15 : 14 If I then your Lorde, and Master, haue washed your feete, ye also ought to wash one an others feete. 15 For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 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.
  • 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 11:23 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 22:23-27
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    88%

    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 10:42-45
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    88%

    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 20:25-28
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    86%

    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.

    27And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.

    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 23:12
    84%

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

  • Mark 9:34-35
    2 verses
    81%

    34And they helde their peace: for by the way they reasoned among themselues, who should bee the chiefest.

    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.

  • Luke 14:9-11
    3 verses
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    9And he that bade both him & thee, come, and say to thee, Giue this man roome, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome.

    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 23:10
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    10Be not called doctors: for one is your doctor, euen Christ.

  • Matt 18:4
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    4Whosoeuer therefore shal humble himselfe as this litle childe, the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

  • John 13:13-16
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    76%

    13Ye call me Master, and Lorde, and ye say well: for so am I.

    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.

  • Matt 10:24
    75%

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

  • 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.

  • Luke 9:46
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    46Then there arose a disputation among them, which of them should be the greatest.

  • Matt 18:1
    72%

    1The same time the disciples came vnto Iesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen?

  • Matt 11:11
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    11Verely I say vnto you, among them which are begotten of women, arose there not a greater then Iohn Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is the least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9He that is despised, & is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    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?

  • Mark 10:31
    71%

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

  • Jas 4:10
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    10Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

  • Phil 2:7
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    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.

  • John 13:5
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    5After that, hee powred water into a basen, and began to wash the disciples feete, and to wipe them with the towell, wherewith he was girded.

  • Luke 12:43-44
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    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.

  • Matt 19:30
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    30But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last shalbe first.

  • Luke 9:48
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    48And said vnto them, Whosoeuer receiueth this litle childe in my Name, receiueth me: and whosoeuer shall receiue me, receiueth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, he shall be great.

  • Matt 20:16
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    16So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen.

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

  • Luke 18:14
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    14I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted.

  • Matt 5:19
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    19Whosoeuer therefore shall breake one of these least commandements, and teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall obserue and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen.

  • Luke 12:37
    69%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Cor 7:23
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    23Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.

  • Matt 18:23
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    23Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

  • 1 Pet 5:5
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    5Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elders, & submit your selues euery man, one to another: decke your selues inwardly in lowlinesse of minde: for God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble.