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Matthew 20:26
26It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
Matthew 20:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
- New International Version (NIV)Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
- English Standard Version (ESV)It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
Context of Matthew 20:26
24And the ten, having heard [of it], were indignant about the two brothers. 25But Jesus having called them to [him], said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them. It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant; 27and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman; 28as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 20:26
- Matthew 23:8But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.
- Mark 9:35And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.
- Mark 10:43but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;
- Luke 14:7And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,
- Luke 18:14I say unto you, This [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
- John 18:36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.
- 2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workmen of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;
- 1 Peter 5:3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.
- 3 John 1:9I wrote something to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the first place among them, receives us not.
- Revelation 13:11And I saw another beast rising out of the earth; and it had two horns like to a lamb, and spake as a dragon;
- Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.
- Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
- Matthew 27:55And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him,
- Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
- Acts 13:5And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as [their] attendant.
Commentaries on Matthew 20:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26It shall not be so among you - Every kind of lordship and spiritual domination over the Church of Christ, like that exercised by the Church of Rome, is destructive and anti-christian. Your minister - Or, deacon, . I know no other word which could at once convey the meaning of the original, and make a proper distinction between it and , or servant, in Matthew 20:27. The office of a deacon, in the primitive Church, was to serve in the agapae, or love…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 See also Mark 10:35-45. Matthew 20:20 Then came to him give mother of Zebedee‘s children - This was probably Salome, Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1. With her sons - The names of these sons were James and John, Mark 10:35 Mark says they came and made the request. That is, they made it, as appears from Matthew, through the medium of their mother; they requested her to ask it for them. It is not improbable that she was an ambitious woman, and was…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-28Verses 20-28 The sons of Zebedee abused what Christ said to comfort the disciples. Some cannot have comforts but they turn them to a wrong purpose. Pride is a sin that most easily besets us; it is sinful ambition to outdo others in pomp and grandeur. To put down the vanity and ambition of their request, Christ leads them to the thoughts of their sufferings. It is a bitter cup that is to be drunk of; a cup of trembling, but not the cup of the wicked. It is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-28Rulers who do not know God often desire power and control. But those who follow the Son of Man should not act this way (Matthew 18:1–5; 19:13–15; 23:1–12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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