Matthew 20:26

New International Version

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Cross References

Mark 10:43

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Mark 10:45

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

Mark 9:35

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

1 Peter 5:3

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

Luke 18:14

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Matthew 25:44

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Philemon 1:13

I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.

2 Timothy 1:18

May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.

Acts 13:5

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.

John 18:36

Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

Matthew 27:55

Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.

Ezekiel 24:13

“ ‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

Matthew 20:27

and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—

Luke 22:26

But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.