| Matthew 20:27 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Whoever wants to be most important among you will be your slave.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: |
| ASV: | and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant: |
| BBE: | And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place: |
| DBY: | and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman; |
| ERV: | and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant: |
| WEY: | and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant; |
| WBS: | And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: |
| WEB: | Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, |
| YLT: | and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant; |
| Matthew 20:27 Cross References |
| XREF: | Matthew 20:26 "It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,
Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 20:27 Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. In the church, the greatest one is he who serves most and best. |
| 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? |
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