Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Luke 22:26 - New International Version (Anglicised) 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But this is not to be so with you; on the contrary, let him who is the greatest among you become like the youngest, and him who is the chief and leader like one who serves. American Standard Version (1901) But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. Common English Bible But that’s not the way it will be with you. Instead, the greatest among you must become like a person of lower status and the leader like a servant. Catholic Public Domain Version But it must not be so with you. Instead, whoever is greater among you, let him become the lesser. And whoever is the leader, let him become the server. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is the leader, as he that serveth. |
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, ‘Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.’
Then he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.’
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility towards one another, because, ‘God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.’