Matthew 20:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Mark 9:33-35 : 33 And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?' 34 and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater; 35 and 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 22:26 : 26 but 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;
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands; 35 all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth `us' to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • Rom 1:14 : 14 Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain; 20 and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain; 21 to those without law, as without law -- (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) -- that I might gain those without law; 22 I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some. 23 And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,
  • 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times; 24 from Jews five times forty `stripes' save one I did receive; 25 thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a night and a day in the deep I have passed; 26 journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren; 27 in laboriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness;
  • Matt 18:4 : 4 whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

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  • Mark 10:42-45
    4 verses
    92%

    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.'

  • Matt 20:25-26
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    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;

  • Matt 23:10-12
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    86%

    10nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director -- the Christ.

    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.

  • Luke 22:23-27
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    85%

    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;

    27for 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.

  • Mark 9:35
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    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.'

  • Matt 20:28
    81%

    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.'

  • Matt 20:16
    74%

    16So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

  • John 12:26
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    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 19:30
    72%

    30and many first shall be last, and last first.

  • John 13:14-16
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    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 17:7-8
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    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?

  • Matt 18:4
    71%

    4whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens.

  • Mark 10:31
    71%

    31and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

  • Matt 24:47
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    47verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.

  • Luke 14:10-11
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    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;

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

  • Luke 12:43-44
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    43Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

    44truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.

  • Luke 13:30
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    30and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'

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

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    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;

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
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    21a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather;

    22for he who `is' in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

    23with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

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    68%

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

  • Eph 6:5
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    5The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

  • Phil 2:7
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    7but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

  • Phil 2:5
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    5For, let this mind be in you that `is' also in Christ Jesus,

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    45`Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

  • Luke 14:33
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    33`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

  • Col 4:1
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    1The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

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    24Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

  • Titus 2:9
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    9Servants -- to their own masters `are' to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

  • 1 Tim 6:1
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    1As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

  • Prov 29:21
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    21Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.

  • John 15:20
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    20`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;