Parallel Verses
Anderson New Testament
And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.
A Conservative Version
and whoever wants be first among you shall be your bondman.
American Standard Version
and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And whoever would like to be first [in prominence] among you will be your slave.
Bible in Basic English
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
Common New Testament
And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave
Daniel Mace New Testament
and whoever would be chief among you, let him be your servant.
Darby Translation
and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;
Godbey New Testament
and whosoever may wish to be first among you, shall be your slave:
Goodspeed New Testament
and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,
John Wesley New Testament
Even as the Son of man came not to be served,
Julia Smith Translation
And whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant:
King James 2000
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Lexham Expanded Bible
and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be your slave--
Modern King James verseion
And whoever desires to be chief among you, let him be your servant;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and whosoever will be chief, let him be your servant.
Moffatt New Testament
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;
Montgomery New Testament
"and whoever wishes to be first among you, shall be your slave;
NET Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave --
New Heart English Bible
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
Noyes New Testament
and whoever desireth to be first among you, will be your servant;
Sawyer New Testament
and whoever wishes to be first among you, let him be your servant,
The Emphasized Bible
And, whosoever shall desire, among you, to be first, shall be, your servant: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and whosoever will be first, let him be your slave.
Twentieth Century New Testament
No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to take the first place among you, must be your slave;
Webster
And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Weymouth New Testament
and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant;
Williams New Testament
and whoever wants to hold first position among you must be your slave,
World English Bible
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
Worrell New Testament
but whosoever wishes to become great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever wishes to be first among you shall be your servant;
Worsley New Testament
let him be your servant:
Youngs Literal Translation
and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;
Themes
Apostles » Humility urged upon
Greatness » The greatest of men
Interlinear
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 20:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request By The Mother Of James And John
26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. 27 And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant; 28 even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 18:4
Whoever, therefore, humbles himself as this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 9:33-35
And he came into Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he asked them: What were you disputing about among yourselves along the road?
Luke 22:26
But you shall not be so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and him that is chief, as he that serves.
Acts 20:34-35
You yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.
Romans 1:14
I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians; both to the wise and to the unwise.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
For, though I am free from all men, yet have I made my self a servant to all, that I may gain the more.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants, for Jesus sake.
2 Corinthians 11:5
I count myself indeed to be in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? (I say it foolishly,) I am above them. In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
2 Corinthians 12:15
I, indeed, will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.