Matthew 20:27

The Scriptures 1998

“And whoever wishes to be first among you, let him be your servant,

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“But not so with you, but let him who is greatest among you be as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Messiah יהושע the Master, and ourselves your servants for the sake of יהושע.

“Whoever then humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the reign of the heavens.

I am a debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to foolish.

And I shall most gladly spend and be spent for your lives. If I love you more and more, am I to be loved less?

For I reckon that I am not inferior to the most eminent emissaries.

“But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you, let him be your servant.

even as the Son of Aḏ