Matthew 23:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.›

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  • Gal 5:13 : 13 ¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
  • Phil 2:5-8 : 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
  • Matt 20:26-27 : 26 ‹But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;› 27 ‹And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:›
  • Mark 10:43-44 : 43 ‹But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:› 44 ‹And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.›
  • Luke 22:26-27 : 26 ‹But ye› [shall] ‹not› [be] ‹so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.› 27 ‹For whether› [is] ‹greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?› [is] ‹not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.›
  • John 13:14-15 : 14 ‹If I then,› [your] ‹Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.› 15 ‹For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.›
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 ¶ For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

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    23And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

    24And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

    25And he said unto them, ‹The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.›

    26‹But ye› [shall] ‹not› [be] ‹so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.›

    27‹For whether› [is] ‹greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?› [is] ‹not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.›

  • Mark 10:42-45
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    88%

    42But Jesus called them [to him], and saith unto them, ‹Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.›

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