Matthew 20:28

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²⁶ It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

²⁷ and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

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.”

²⁹ As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

³⁰ And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.”
KJV: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
WEB: even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
ASV: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
DARBY: as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
BLB: even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.”

ÅB: på samme måte som Menneskesønnen ikke er kommet for å bli tjent, men for selv å tjene og gi livet sitt som en løsepenge for mange.»
OTB: for Menneskesønnen kom ikke for å bli tjent, men for å tjene, og for å gi sitt liv som en løsepenge for mange."
B1930: likesom Menneskesønnen ikke er kommet for å la sig tjene, men for selv å tjene og gi sitt liv til en løsepenge for mange.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 22:27
For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
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Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
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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.
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1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
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Philippians 2:4–8
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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1 Timothy 2:6
who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
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Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
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1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
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