Matthew 20:28
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
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 whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Read in contextHebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Read in contextTitus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Read in context1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Read in contextPhilippians 2:4–8
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Read in contextRevelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Read in context1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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