Matthew 20:26 Parallel Translations

But that's not the way it's going to be among you. Whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

DBY:

It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;

ERV:

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

WEY:

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

WBS:

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

WEB:

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

YLT:

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

Matthew 20:26 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 23:11 "But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

Mark 9:35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."

Mark 10:43 "But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

Luke 22:26 "But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

20:26 It shall not be so among you. No such lordship, no such authority, can be tolerated in your fraternity. The case is a rebuke of unhallowed ambition. Men prominent in the church should be the first to heed the admonition. Such priestly despotism as the absolute rule of the Catholic, Greek, and of some Protestant churches is at variance with this principle.
Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. Your deacon, servant. Greatness in the kingdom of heaven consists in doing, rather than in being, and in doing for others, rather than for self. Greatness is to be found in service. Only those men are truly great who are the servants of their race, helpers of mankind.

WES:

20:26 Your minister - That is, your servant. Mt 23:11.

MHC:

20:20-28 The sons of Zebedee abused what Christ said to comfort the disciples. Some cannot have comforts but they turn them to a wrong purpose. Pride is a sin that most easily besets us; it is sinful ambition to outdo others in pomp and grandeur. To put down the vanity and ambition of their request, Christ leads them to the thoughts of their sufferings. It is a bitter cup that is to be drunk of; a cup of trembling, but not the cup of the wicked. It is but a cup, it is but a draught, bitter perhaps, but soon emptied; it is a cup in the hand of a Father, Joh 18:11. Baptism is an ordinance by which we are joined to the Lord in covenant and communion; and so is suffering for Christ, Eze 20:37; Isa 48:10. Baptism is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace; and so is suffering for Christ, for unto us it is given, Php 1:29. But they knew not what Christ's cup was, nor what his baptism. Those are commonly most confident, who are least acquainted with the cross. Nothing makes more mischief among brethren, than desire of greatness. And we never find Christ's disciples quarrelling, but something of this was at the bottom of it. That man who labours most diligently, and suffers most patiently, seeking to do good to his brethren, and to promote the salvation of souls, most resembles Christ, and will be most honoured by him to all eternity. Our Lord speaks of his death in the terms applied to the sacrifices of old. It is a sacrifice for the sins of men, and is that true and substantial sacrifice, which those of the law faintly and imperfectly represented. It was a ransom for many, enough for all, working upon many; and, if for many, then the poor trembling soul may say, Why not for me?

CONC:

Amongst Anyone Desire Desires Minister Ministrant Servant Thus Wants Wishes

Amongst Desire Desires Great Instead Minister Ministrant Servant Wants Way Wishes

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