Matthew 23:11
9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The greatest among you shall be your servant.
- KJV
- But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
- WEB
- But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
- ASV
- But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
- DARBY
- But the greatest of you shall be your servant.
- BLB
- But the greatest among you⁺ will be your⁺ servant.
- ÅB
- Men den største blant dere skal være tjeneren deres.
- OTB
- Den som er størst blant dere skal være deres tjener.
- B1930
- Men den største blandt eder skal være eders tjener.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 9:19
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Read in contextGalatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Read in contextJohn 13:14–15
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
Read in contextMark 10:43–44
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Read in contextLuke 22:26–27
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:5–8
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Read in contextMatthew 20:26–27
It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
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