Matthew 23:11 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 23:11

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

KJV

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ASV

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

WEB

The greatest among you shall be your servant.

YLT

And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

DBT

But the greatest of you shall be your servant.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
John 13:14–15
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Mark 10:43–44
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
Luke 22:26–27
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.

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He exhibits a charge against them for divers high crimes and misdemeanors, corrupting the law, opposing the gospel, and treacherous dealing both with God and man; and to each article he prefixes a woe,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

"He that is advanced to any place of dignity, trust, and honour, in the church, let him be your servant " (some copies read esto for estai ), "let him not think that his patent of honour is a writ of ease; no; he that is greatest is not a lord, but a minister." St. Paul, who knew his privilege as well as duty, though free from all, yet made himself servant unto all ( 1 Cor. ix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant--This plainly means, "shall show that he is so by becoming your servant"; as in Mt 20:27, compared with Mr 10:44.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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