3 John 1:9
I wrote something to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, did not receive us.
Matthew 10:40-42
He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
Matthew 20:20-28
The mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons. She bowed down and requested a favor of him.
Matthew 23:4-8
They chain heavy burdens on your shoulders. Yet they are unwilling to lift even a finger to carry these same burdens.
Mark 9:34
They said nothing because they had had an argument between themselves about who was the greatest.
Mark 9:37
Whoever receives a little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
Mark 10:35-45
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him saying: Teacher, we want you to do for us what we ask of you.
Luke 9:48
Then he said to them: Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. He who is least among you will be the greatest!
Luke 22:24-27
Contention grew between them concerning which of them was the greatest.
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.
Philippians 2:3-5
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you.
Titus 1:7-16
The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain.
3 John 1:8
We ought to receive and welcome such ones, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.