Mǎtaìfúyīn 20:27

27 Shuí yuàn wéi shǒu , jiù bì zuò nǐmen de púrén .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 20:27 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:27

And whosoever will be chief among you
Or first, or have the pre-eminence, the first place in the kingdom of the Messiah,

let him be your servant;
or, as in Mark, shall be servant of
all:
not only a minister, but a servant; not a servant of some only, but of all. This was verified in the Apostle Paul, who became a servant to all men, though he was free, that he might gain some to Christ; and by so doing was the chief, though he reckoned himself the least of the apostles, yea, less than the least of all saints. The Jews have a saying somewhat like this, that ^F8

``everyone that makes himself (dbek) , as a servant, for the words of the law in this world, shall be made free in the world to come.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 35. 2.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 20:27 In-Context

25 Yēsū jiào le tāmen lái , shuō , nǐmen zhīdào waìbāngrén yǒu jūnwáng wéi zhǔzhì lǐ tāmen , yǒu dàchén cāo quán guǎnshù tāmen .

26 Zhǐshì zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān bùkĕ zhèyàng . nǐmen zhōngjiān shuí yuàn wéi dà , jiù bì zuò nǐmen de yòng rén .

27 Shuí yuàn wéi shǒu , jiù bì zuò nǐmen de púrén .

28 Zhēng rú Rénzǐ lái , bú shì yào shòu rén de fúshì , nǎi shì yào fúshì rén . bìngqiĕ yào shĕmìng , zuò duō rén de shújià .

29 Tāmen chū Yēlìgē de shíhou , yǒu jí duō de rén gēnsuí tā ,