Matthew 20:27

Contemporary English Version 1995

And if you want to be first, you must be the slave of the rest.

Cross References

Luke 22:26

But don't be like them. The most important one of you should be like the least important, and your leader should be like a servant.

2 Corinthians 4:5

We are not preaching about ourselves. Our message is that Jesus Christ is Lord. He also sent us to be your servants.

Matthew 18:4

But if you are as humble as this child, you are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 1:14

It doesn't matter if people are civilized and educated, or if they are uncivilized and uneducated. I must tell the good news to everyone. That's why I am eager to visit all of you in Rome.

2 Corinthians 12:15

So I will gladly give all I have and all I am. Will you love me less for loving you too much?

2 Corinthians 11:5

I think I am as good as any of those super apostles.

Matthew 20:26

But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others.

Matthew 20:28

The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.