Matthew 23:11 “The greatest among you shall be your servant.”

Matthew 23:11

The greatest among you shall be your servant.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

World English Bible

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

American Standard Version

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Geneva Bible 1599

But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.

Darby Translation

But the greatest of you shall be your servant.

Young's Literal Translation

And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

Bible in Basic English

But let the greatest among you be your servant.

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Cross references

“But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”

1 Corinthians 9:19 Galatians 5:13 2 Corinthians 4:5 Philippians 2:5–8 2 Corinthians 11:23 Matthew 20:26

1 Corinthians 9:19 · BSB

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

Galatians 5:13 · BSB

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.

2 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

Philippians 2:5–8 · BSB

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

Matthew 20:26 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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