Matthew 20:27

James Moffatt - New Testament

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

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not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.

(It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)

Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the Realm of heaven;

To Greeks and to barbarians, to wise and to foolish alike, I owe a duty.

And for your souls I will gladly spend my all and be spent myself. Am I to be loved the less because I love you more than others?

I hold I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles'!

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."