Luke 9:46

The Question About Who Is Greatest

⁴⁵ And they did not understand this word, and it was hidden from them, in order that they should not understand it: and they were afraid to ask Him concerning this word. ⁴⁶ And a dispute came in among them, as to which one of them might be the greater. ⁴⁷ And Jesus seeing the dispute of their heart, taking a little child, He placed it by Himself,

Jesus

Luke

Matthew 18:1-5

At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Then which one is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens?

Mark 9:33-37

And He came into Capernaum.And He being in the house asked them, What were you disputing about to one another in the way?

Matthew 20:20-22

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Him with her sons, worshiping and asking something from Him.

Matthew 23:6-7

and they love the first couch at the suppers, and the first seats in the synagogues,

Luke 14:7-11

And He spoke a parable to those whom He had called, warning them that they should not choose the first couches; saying to them,

Luke 22:24-27

And there was a contention among them, which one of them seems to be the greater,

Romans 12:3

For I speak, through the grace which has been given unto me, for every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one the measure of faith.

Romans 12:10

kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

Galatians 5:20-21

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, divisions, heresies,

Galatians 5:25-26

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Philippians 2:3

that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves;

Philippians 2:14

Do all things without murmurings and disputatious;

3 John 1:9

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, loving the preeminence over them, does not receive us.