Luke 22:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.

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  • Matt 20:28 : 28 even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 `Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
  • Luke 17:7-9 : 7 `But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat? 8 but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink? 9 Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.
  • John 13:5-9 : 5 afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded. 6 He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou -- dost thou wash my feet?' 7 Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;' 8 Peter saith to him, `Thou mayest not wash my feet -- to the age.' Jesus answered him, `If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;' 9 Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.' 10 Jesus saith to him, `He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;' 11 for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, `Ye are not all clean.' 12 When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you? 13 ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am; 14 if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 `For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do; 16 verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made, 8 and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 22:23-26
    4 verses
    88%

    23And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

    24And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater.

    25And he said to them, `The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors;

    26but ye `are' not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

  • Matt 23:11-12
    2 verses
    85%

    11And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

    12and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

  • Matt 20:25-28
    4 verses
    80%

    25and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

    26but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

    27and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

    28even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

  • Mark 9:34-35
    2 verses
    79%

    34and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;

    35and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

  • Luke 17:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7`But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

    8but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

    9Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    79%

    42but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;

    43but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

    44and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

    45for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

  • John 13:12-16
    5 verses
    77%

    12When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you?

    13ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am;

    14if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

    15`For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;

    16verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

  • Luke 22:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28`And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

    29and I appoint to you, as my Father did appoint to me, a kingdom,

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

  • Luke 14:7-11
    5 verses
    76%

    7And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

    8`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

    9and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

    10`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

    11because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

  • Luke 12:37
    75%

    37`Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

  • John 12:26
    75%

    26if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.

  • Matt 10:24
    73%

    24`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

  • John 13:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;

    5afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded.

  • Luke 22:14
    72%

    14And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,

  • Luke 14:15
    72%

    15And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy `is' he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

  • Luke 9:46
    72%

    46And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

  • Luke 22:21
    72%

    21`But, lo, the hand of him delivering me up `is' with me on the table,

  • Mark 14:18
    71%

    18and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, `Verily I say to you -- one of you, who is eating with me -- shall deliver me up.'

  • John 12:2
    70%

    2they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

  • Mark 14:20
    70%

    20And he answering said to them, `One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish;

  • Luke 14:24
    70%

    24for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

  • Luke 22:11
    70%

    11and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat?

  • John 13:18
    70%

    18not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.

  • Matt 26:20
    70%

    20And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

  • Matt 20:23
    70%

    23And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

  • Eph 6:7
    69%

    7with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,