Matthew 20:27
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Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;

New American Standard Bible

and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;

King James Version

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Holman Bible

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

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

and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your [willing and humble] slave;

An Understandable Version

And whoever would like to be first [in prominence] among you will be your slave.

Anderson New Testament

And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant;

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.

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

Humility » They who have » Are greatest in Christ's kingdom

Jesus Christ » History of » Listens to the mother of james and john in behalf of her sons (in peraea)

Man » Equality of

Topics

Slaves

Humbling Oneself

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
G2532

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

whosoever
G3739
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
which, whom, that, who, whose, what, that which, whereof,
Usage: 980

will
G2309
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

be
G1511
εἶναι 
Einai 
to be, be, was, is, am, are, were, not tr,
Usage: 97

chief
G4413
πρῶτος 
Protos 
first, chief, first day, former,
Usage: 67

among
G1722
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

you
G5213
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

let him be
G2077
ἔστω ἔστωσαν 
Esto 
let be, be, not tr
Usage: 10

your
G5216
ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

References

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 thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant; 27 and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman; 28 as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.


Son of Man

Whoever Desires to Be First

Whoever Wants To Be First

Whoever Wishes To Be First

Whosoever Will Be Chief

No

Cross References

Matthew 18:4

Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;

Mark 9:33-35

And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?

Luke 22:26

But ye shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.

Acts 20:34-35

Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.

Romans 1:14

I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to wise and unintelligent:

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 11:5

For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) I above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.

2 Corinthians 12:15

Now I shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.

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