Matthew 20:27

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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

Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Healing of Two Blind Men.

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

To Greeks and non-Greeks alike, to the wise and the ignorant, I am under obligation;

For I think that I am not in any way inferior to these “superapostles.”

I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your sakes. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

For we do not preach ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus.