It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be† your servant.
Matthew 20:26 in context
Matthew 20:23–29
He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be† your servant.
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be”
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