NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 27

Matthew 20:27

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Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

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Matthew 20:27 in context

Matthew 20:24–30

24

When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

25

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.

26

It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

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Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

28

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

29

As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30

Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

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