Devine Scripture

Matthew 23:11

Matthew chapter 23 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ.

v.11This passage

v.12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 13:14

    If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

  • Luke 22:26

    But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:19

    For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:5

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

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23

    Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

  • Galatians 5:13

    For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.