"And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:" — Matthew 20:27

Matthew 20:27 · KJV

“And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:”

— Matthew 20:27

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Matthew 20 — Context

But Jesus called them {unto him}, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

Cross References

Luke 22:26

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.

Mark 9:33-35

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

Matthew 18:4

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Acts 20:34-35

Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Romans 1:14

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

For though I be free from all {men}, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

2 Corinthians 12:15

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. {for you: Gr. for your souls}