Matthew 20:28

Good News Translation

like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”

Cross References

Job 33:24

In mercy the angel will say, “Release them! They are not to go down to the world of the dead. Here is the ransom to set them free.”

Psalm 49:7

We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,

Isaiah 53:5

But because of our sins he was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by the blows he received.

Isaiah 53:8

He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die, and no one cared about his fate. He was put to death for the sins of our people.

Matthew 20:27

and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of the others—

Matthew 26:28

“this is my blood, which seals God's covenant, my blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus answered him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.”

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”

Mark 14:24

Jesus said, “This is my blood which is poured out for many, my blood which seals God's covenant.

Luke 22:27

Who is greater, the one who sits down to eat or the one who serves? The one who sits down, of course. But I am among you as one who serves.

Romans 4:25

Because of our sins he was given over to die, and he was raised to life in order to put us right with God.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; rich as he was, he made himself poor for your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.

Galatians 3:13

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, “Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse.”

Ephesians 1:7

For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God,

Ephesians 5:2

Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved,

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

Hebrews 2:10

It was only right that God, who creates and preserves all things, should make Jesus perfect through suffering, in order to bring many children to share his glory. For Jesus is the one who leads them to salvation.

Hebrews 5:8

But even though he was God's Son, he learned through his sufferings to be obedient.

Hebrews 9:28

In the same manner Christ also was offered in sacrifice once to take away the sins of many. He will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are waiting for him.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

1 John 2:2

And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins