Luke 22:24

The Message

Within minutes they were bickering over who of them would end up the greatest. But Jesus intervened: “Kings like to throw their weight around and people in authority like to give themselves fancy titles. It’s not going to be that way with you. Let the senior among you become like the junior; let the leader act the part of the servant.

Cross References

Matthew 18:1

At about the same time, the disciples came to Jesus asking, “Who gets the highest rank in God’s kingdom?”

Mark 9:34

The silence was deafening—they had been arguing with one another over who among them was greatest.

Luke 22:23

They immediately became suspicious of each other and began quizzing one another, wondering who might be about to do this.

Luke 9:46

They started arguing over which of them would be most famous. When Jesus realized how much this mattered to them, he brought a child to his side. “Whoever accepts this child as if the child were me, accepts me,” he said. “And whoever accepts me, accepts the One who sent me. You become great by accepting, not asserting. Your spirit, not your size, makes the difference.”