Matthew 20:26 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²⁶ Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, shall be your servant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

Common English Bible

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

Matthew 20:27

And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave;

Matthew 25:44

"Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we did not minister to You?'

Matthew 27:55

And there were many women there observing from a distance, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him,

Mark 10:43

Yet it will not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life[ ]a ransom for many."

Mark 9:35

And having sat down He called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Luke 22:26

But you [shall ]not [be] thus; but let the greatest among you, let him be as the youngest, and he who leads as he who serves.

John 18:36

Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I might not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."

Acts 13:5

And arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand.

2 Timothy 1:18

May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day-and you very well know how many ways he served in Ephesus.

Philemon 1:13

whom I wished to keep with myself, in order that on your behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the gospel.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits being sent out to minister for the sake of those who shall be heirs of salvation?

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, [let him speak] as the utterances of God. If anyone serves, [let him serve] as from strength, as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 5:3

nor as being masters over the flock [under you,] but rather being examples to the flock.

Revelation 17:6

I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.