Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

King James Version

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

Holman Bible

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

International Standard Version

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

A Conservative Version

But it shall not be so among you. Rather whoever wants to become great among you, he shall be your helper,

American Standard Version

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

Amplified

It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

An Understandable Version

But it will not be this way among you, for whoever would like to become important among you will become your servant.

Anderson New Testament

It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister.

Bible in Basic English

Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

Common New Testament

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant.

Daniel Mace New Testament

but it must not be so among you: on the contrary, whoever would rise among you, let him be your minister.

Darby Translation

It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;

Godbey New Testament

It shall not be so among you; but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant;

Goodspeed New Testament

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

John Wesley New Testament

It shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever desireth to be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Julia Smith Translation

But it shall not be so among you; but whoever should wish to be great among you, let him be your attendant;

King James 2000

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

Lexham Expanded Bible

It will not be like this among you! But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Modern King James verseion

However, it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

It shall not be so among you: But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister,

Moffatt New Testament

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Montgomery New Testament

"Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you wishes to become great, shall be your minister,

NET Bible

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

New Heart English Bible

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant.

Noyes New Testament

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desireth to become great among you, will be your minister;

Sawyer New Testament

But whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be your minister;

The Emphasized Bible

Not so, is it, among you, - but, whosoever shall desire, among you, to become, great, shall be, your minister;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But thus shall it not be with you. But whosoever will be a great man among you, let him be your servant;

Twentieth Century New Testament

Among you it is not so.

Webster

But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

Weymouth New Testament

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

Williams New Testament

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

World English Bible

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

Worrell New Testament

Not so shall it be among you;

Worsley New Testament

it shall not be so among you; but whosoever would be great among you, let him be your minister, and whoever would be chief among you,

Youngs Literal Translation

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

it shall
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
ἔστω ἔστωσαν 
Esto 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
let be, be, not tr
Usage: 83
Usage: 10

so
οὕτω 
Houto 
Usage: 146

ἐν 
En 
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293
Usage: 293

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

will be
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

References

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Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

A Request By The Mother Of James And John

25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. 26 It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, 27 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;


Cross References

Mark 9:35

Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

Mark 10:43

But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;

Ezekiel 24:13

“In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have spent My wrath on you.

Matthew 23:8-12

But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 25:44

Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

Matthew 27:55

Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Luke 14:7-11

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

John 18:36

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”

Acts 13:5

When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm.

2 Corinthians 10:4-10

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

2 Timothy 1:18

the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

1 Peter 4:11

Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 5:3

nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.

3 John 1:9-10

I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.

Revelation 13:11-17

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.

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