Matthew 20:26

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

24Now when the ten heard, they became indignant with the two brothers. 25But Yeshua called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones play the tyrant over them. It shall not be this way among you. But whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant, 27and whoever wants to be first among you shall be your slave— 28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 20:26 word by word

οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• it shallεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• youσύsu · youG4771
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• whosoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·ἐάνean · ifG1437
• will beθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• let himγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• ministerδιάκονοςdiakonos · servantG1249

Cross-references for Matthew 20:26

• Matthew 23:8“But you are not to be called rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.
• Mark 9:35Sitting down, He called the Twelve and said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be least of all and the servant of everyone.”
• Mark 10:43Yet it is not this way among you. But whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant,
• Luke 14:7Yeshua began telling a parable to those who had been invited, when He noticed how they were choosing the seats of honor. He said to them,
• Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the other, went down to his home declared righteous. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• John 18:36Yeshua answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Judean leaders. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we lord it over you in matters of faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy—for in the faith you are standing firm.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful through God for the tearing down of strongholds. We are tearing down false arguments
• 1 Peter 5:3Don’t lord it over those apportioned to you, but become examples to the flock.
• 3 John 1:9I wrote something to Messiah’s community, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t welcome us.
• Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
• Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the kedoshim and with the blood of the witnesses of Yeshua. When I saw her, I was totally astounded.
• Matthew 25:44“Then they too will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not care for You?’
• Matthew 27:55Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Yeshua from the Galilee, serving Him.
• Ezekiel 24:13Because of your filthy obscenity, though I tried to purify you yet you were not made pure, you will never be cleansed from your filth until I have satisfied My fury on you.
• Acts 13:5When they arrived at Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as a helper.

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

Topics related to Matthew 20:26

• Commandments
• Fellowship
• Humility
• Jesus, the Christ
• Man
• Minister, Christian
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Choose
• Condemn
• Drink
• Idle
• Prepare
• Ransom
• Wrong
• Authority in Religion
• Bishop

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