Matthew 20:26

New American Bible - revised edition

But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;

Cross References

Ezekiel 24:13

Even in defiling yourself with depravity I would still have cleansed you, but you would not have your impurity cleansed. You will not be cleansed now until I wreak my fury on you.

Matthew 20:27

whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.

Matthew 25:44

Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’

Matthew 27:55

There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.

Mark 10:43

But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant;

Mark 10:45

For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Blind Bartimaeus.

Mark 9:35

Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Saying on Children and the Kingdom.

Luke 22:26

but among you it shall not be so. Rather, let the greatest among you be as the youngest, and the leader as the servant.

John 18:36

Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants [would] be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here.”

Acts 13:5

When they arrived in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had John also as their assistant.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over your faith; rather, we work together for your joy, for you stand firm in the faith.

2 Timothy 1:18

May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And you know very well the services he rendered in Ephesus.

Philemon 1:13

I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel,

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits sent to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

1 Peter 4:11

Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Trial of Persecution.

1 Peter 5:3

Do not lord it over those assigned to you, but be examples to the flock.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the holy ones and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. Meaning of the Beast and Harlot. When I saw her I was greatly amazed.