"It is not this wayamongyou, but whoeverwishesto becomegreatamongyou shall be your servant,
"But it is not this wayamongyou, but whoeverwishesto becomegreatamongyou shall be your servant;
"For eventhe Sonof Mandid not cometo be served,but to serve,and to giveHis lifea ransomfor many."
Sitting down,He calledthe twelveand saidto them, "Ifanyonewantsto be first,he shall be lastof alland servantof all."
noryet as lording it overthoseallotted to your charge,but provingto be examplesto the flock.
"I tellyou, this manwentto his housejustifiedrather thanthe other;for everyonewho exaltshimselfwill be humbled,but he who humbleshimselfwill be exalted."
Whoeverspeaks,[is to do so] as onewho is speakingthe utterancesof God;whoeverserves[is to do] [so] as onewho is servingby the strengthwhichGodsupplies;sothat in all thingsGodmay be glorifiedthroughJesusChrist,to whombelongsthe gloryand dominionforeverand ever.Amen.
"Thenthey themselvesalsowill answer,'Lord,whendid we seeYou hungry,orthirsty,ora stranger,ornaked,orsick,orin prison,and did not take careof You?'
Are they not allministeringspirits,sentout to render servicefor the sakeof thosewho willinheritsalvation?
whomI wishedto keepwith me, sothat on your behalfhe might ministerto me in my imprisonmentfor the gospel;
the Lordgrantto him to findmercyfrom the Lordon that day--and you knowvery wellwhatservices he renderedat Ephesus.
Not that we lord it overyour faith,but are workerswith you for your joy;for in your faithyou are standing firm.
When they reachedSalamis,they [began] to proclaimthe wordof Godin the synagoguesof the Jews;and they alsohadJohnas their helper.
Jesusanswered,"My kingdomis not of thisworld.IfMy kingdomwere of thisworld,then My servantswould be fightingsothat I would not be handedover to the Jews;but as it is, My kingdomis not of this realm."
Manywomenwere therelookingon from a distance,whohad followedJesusfrom Galileewhile ministeringto Him.
"In your filthinessis lewdness.BecauseI [would] have cleansedyou, Yet you are not clean,You will not be cleansedfrom your filthinessagainUntilI have spentMy wrathon you.
And I sawthe womandrunkwith the bloodof the saints,and with the bloodof the witnessesof Jesus.When I sawher, I wonderedgreatly.
and whoeverwishesto be firstamongyou shall be your slave;
"But [it is] not this waywith you, but the onewho is the greatestamongyou must becomelikethe youngest,and the leaderlikethe servant.
