Matthew 20:26 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 20:26

It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

KJV

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

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Commentary

1 voice

Bonaventure

Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question 4 (1257)

Matthew twenty: Whoever will be greater among you, let him be your minister: and whoever will be first among you, shall be your servant. To this it must be said that servant is said in two ways: either by obligatory subjection, or by perfect humility. …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It shall not be so among you - Every kind of lordship and spiritual domination over the Church of Christ, like that exercised by the Church of Rome, is destructive and anti-christian. Your minister - Or, deacon, διακονος. I know no other word which could at once convey the meaning of the original, and make a proper distinction between it and δουλος, or servant, in Mat 20:

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses are few in number, but they contain lessons of great importance to all professing Christians. Let us see what they are. In the first place we learn that there may be pride, jealousy and love of preeminence even among true disciples of Christ. What sayeth the Scripture? When the ten heard what James and John had asked, “they were moved with indignation against the two brothren.” Pride is one of the oldest and most mischievous of sins: by it the angels fell, for they “kept not their first estate.” ( Jude 6 ).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐχ	ouch	Not	G3756 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἔσται	estai	will it be	G1510 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ὑμῖν,	humin	you,	G4771 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὃς	hos	who[ever]	G3739 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
θέλῃ	thelē	shall wish	G2309 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
μέγας	megas	great	G3173 →
γενέσθαι,	genesthai	to become,	G1096 →
ἔσται	estai	he will be	G1510 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	your	G4771 →
διάκονος·	diakonos	servant;	G1249 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
leads to
- Matthew 20:28
  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Philippians 2:5–8
  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Titus 2:14
  He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- John 13:14
  So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
Through
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
leads to
- Luke 14:11
  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 16:15
  So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
Through
Mark 9:35
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
leads to
- Matthew 20:25–28
  But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew