Matthew 20:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

Cross References

Job 33:24

And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

Psalm 49:7

Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

Isaiah 53:5

But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.

Isaiah 53:8

They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

Numbers 7:15

One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering;

Matthew 20:27

And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

Matthew 26:28

Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

Mark 10:45

For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

Mark 14:24

And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.

Luke 22:27

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

John 10:15

Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

Romans 4:25

Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

Galatians 3:13

Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

Ephesians 1:7

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

Ephesians 5:2

And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

1 Timothy 2:6

Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

Hebrews 2:10

Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

Hebrews 5:8

And though he was a Son, through the pain which he underwent, the knowledge came to him of what it was to be under God's orders;

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.

1 Peter 2:24

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

1 Peter 3:18

Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;

1 John 2:2

He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;