Matthew 20:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,

American Standard Version (1901)

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

Common English Bible

But that’s not the way it will be with you. Whoever wants to be great among you will be your servant.

Catholic Public Domain Version

It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater among you, let him be your minister.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:

Matthew 20:26 Cross References

Ezekiel 24:13

Yet when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness, you did not become clean from your filth; you shall not again be cleansed until I have satisfied my fury upon you.

Matthew 20:27

and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave,

Matthew 25:44

Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not take care of you?’

Matthew 27:55

Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.

Mark 10:43

But it is not so among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,

Mark 10:45

For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”

Mark 9:35

He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 22:26

But not so with you; rather, the greatest among you must become like the youngest and the leader like one who serves.

John 18:36

Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”

Acts 13:5

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And they had John also to assist them.

2 Corinthians 1:24

I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy because you stand firm in faith.

2 Timothy 1:18

—may the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well how much service he rendered in Ephesus.

Philemon 1:13

I wanted to keep him with me so that he might minister to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel,

Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

1 Peter 4:11

Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 5:3

Do not lord it over those in your charge, but be examples to the flock.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.