Luke 22:27

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For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 20:28 : 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
  • Luke 17:7-9 : 7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’? 8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’? 9 He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?
  • John 13:5-9 : 5 He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself. 6 Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him,“Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied,“You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.” 8 Peter said to him,“You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied,“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus replied,“The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 (For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said,“Not every one of you is clean.”) 12 So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them,“Do you understand what I have done for you? 13 You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you. 16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 22:23-26
    4 verses
    88%

    23 So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

    24 A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

    25 So Jesus said to them,“The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called‘benefactors.’

    26 Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

  • Matt 23:11-12
    2 verses
    85%

    11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

    12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Matt 20:25-28
    4 verses
    80%

    25 But Jesus called them and said,“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

    26 It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

    27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave–

    28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

  • Mark 9:34-35
    2 verses
    79%

    34 But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

    35 After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them,“If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

  • Luke 17:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

    9 He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    79%

    42 Jesus called them and said to them,“You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

    43 But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

    44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

    45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

  • John 13:12-16
    5 verses
    77%

    12 So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them,“Do you understand what I have done for you?

    13 You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

    14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.

    15 For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

    16 I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

  • Luke 22:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28 “You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials.

    29 Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me,

    30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Luke 14:7-11
    5 verses
    76%

    7 On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

    8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

    9 So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you,‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

    10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you,‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

    11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  • Luke 12:37
    75%

    37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

  • John 12:26
    75%

    26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

  • Matt 10:24
    73%

    24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

  • John 13:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.

    5 He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

  • Luke 22:14
    72%

    14 The Lord’s Supper Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

  • Luke 14:15
    72%

    15 The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

  • Luke 9:46
    72%

    46 Concerning the Greatest Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

  • Luke 22:21
    72%

    21 A Final Discourse“But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.

  • Mark 14:18
    71%

    18 While they were at the table eating, Jesus said,“I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me.”

  • John 12:2
    70%

    2 So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.

  • Mark 14:20
    70%

    20 He said to them,“It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

  • Luke 14:24
    70%

    24 For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

  • Luke 22:11
    70%

    11 and tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says to you,“Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

  • John 13:18
    70%

    18 The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture,‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’

  • Matt 26:20
    70%

    20 When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

  • Matt 20:23
    70%

    23 He told them,“You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

  • Eph 6:7
    69%

    7 Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

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