Matthew 23:11

11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

Matthew 23:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
ESV
11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.
NLT
11 The greatest among you must be a servant.
MSG
11 "Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant.
CSB
11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

Matthew 23:11 In-Context

9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.
11 The greatest among you will be your servant.
12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Matthew 20:26; S Mark 9:35
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