Parallel Verses
King James 2000
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
New American Standard Bible
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
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
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;
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;
Themes
Apostles » Humility urged upon
Greatness » The greatest of men
God, greatness of » True, general references to
Topics
Interlinear
De
Esomai
ἔστω ἔστωσαν
Esto
Usage: 10
En
ἐν
En
Usage: 2128
Humin
ὑμῖν
Humin
Usage: 293
Hos
thelo
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 20:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request By The Mother Of James And John
25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Phrases
Cross References
Mark 9:35
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Mark 10:43
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your servant:
Ezekiel 24:13
In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon you.
Matthew 23:8-12
But you be not called Rabbi: for one is your Teacher, even Christ; and all you are brothers.
Matthew 25:44
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you hungry, or thirsty or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto you?
Matthew 27:55
And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
Mark 10:45
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 14:7-11
And he put forth a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief places; saying unto them,
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from here.
Acts 13:5
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their helper.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith you stand.
2 Corinthians 10:4-10
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)
2 Timothy 1:18
The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, you know very well.
Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation?
1 Peter 4:11
If any man speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man ministers, let him do it as of the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:3
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
3 John 1:9-10
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, receives us not.
Revelation 13:11-17
And I beheld 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 drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great wonder.