"...and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve,..." Matthew 20:17-28

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"...and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve,..."

Matthew 20:17-28

 

¹⁷ Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, and on the road he took the Twelve aside by themselves and said to them,

¹⁸ 'Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn him to death

¹⁹ and will hand him over to the gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third day he will be raised up again.'

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came with her sons to make a request of him, and bowed low;

²¹ and he said to her, 'What is it you want?' She said to him, 'Promise that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your kingdom.'

²² Jesus answered, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?' They replied, 'We can.'

²³ He said to them, 'Very well; you shall drink my cup, but as for seats at my right hand and my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted by my Father.'

²⁴ When the other ten heard this they were indignant with the two brothers.

²⁵ But Jesus called them to him and said, 'You know that among the gentiles the rulers lord it over them, and great men make their authority felt.

²⁶ Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant,

²⁷ and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,

²⁸ just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'