Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,
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.
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.
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:
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 is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave, 28 just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 18:4
Anyone, therefore, who is as unassuming as this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven,
Mark 9:33-35
And they reached Capernaum. When he reached home, he asked them, "What was it that you were discussing on the way?"
Luke 22:26
But you are not to do so, but whoever is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and the leader like a servant.
Acts 20:34-35
You know well enough that these hands of mine provided for my needs and my companions.
Romans 1:14
I owe a debt both to Greeks and to foreigners, to the cultivated and the uncultivated.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Though I am free from anyone's control, I have made myself everyone's slave, so as to win over all the more.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For it is not myself but Christ Jesus that I am proclaiming as Lord; I am only a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:5
For I think that I am not in the least inferior to these superfine apostles of yours.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
If they are Christian workers?? am talking like a madman!?? am a better one! with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, vastly worse beatings, and in frequent danger of death.
2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will be glad to spend all I have and all I am for your sake. Are you going to love me the less for loving you so intensely?