Matthew 20:26

A Request By The Mother Of James And John

²⁵ and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them, ²⁶ but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant; ²⁷ and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

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Mark 9:35

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

Mark 10:43

but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,

Ezekiel 24:13

In thine uncleanness is wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee.

Matthew 23:8-12

And ye -- ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director -- the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

Matthew 25:44

'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

Matthew 27:55

And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

Mark 10:45

for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

Luke 14:7-11

And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

John 18:36

Jesus answered, 'My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

Acts 13:5

and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John as a ministrant;

2 Corinthians 1:24

not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.

2 Corinthians 10:4-10

for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

2 Timothy 1:18

may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.

Hebrews 1:14

are they not all spirits of service -- for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

1 Peter 4:11

if any one doth speak -- 'as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- 'as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.

1 Peter 5:3

neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

3 John 1:9-10

I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them -- Diotrephes -- doth not receive us;

Revelation 13:11-17

And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon,

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder -- having seen her -- with great wonder;