Luke 22:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ But not so with you; rather, the greatest among you must become like the youngest and the leader like one who serves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ But this is not to be so with you; on the contrary, let him who is the greatest among you become like the youngest, and him who is the chief and leader like one who serves.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

Common English Bible

²⁶ But that’s not the way it will be with you. Instead, the greatest among you must become like a person of lower status and the leader like a servant.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ But it must not be so with you. Instead, whoever is greater among you, let him become the lesser. And whoever is the leader, let him become the server.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is the leader, as he that serveth.

Luke 22:26 Cross References

Matthew 20:26

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

Mark 10:43

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

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 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the least among all of you is the greatest.”

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Peter 5:3

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

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”