Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
"and whoever wishes to be first among you, shall 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:
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;
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 "Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you wishes to become great, shall be your minister, 27 "and whoever wishes to be first among you, shall be your slave; 28 "just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Matthew 18:4
"Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven;
Mark 9:33-35
Then they came to Capernaum; and when he got into the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the road?"
Luke 22:26
"But you shall not be so. But he who is greater among you let him become like the younger; and he who is leader like him who serves.
Acts 20:34-35
"You yourselves know how these hands of mine provided for my needs, and those of my companions.
Romans 1:14
To Greeks and to barbarians, to the cultured and to the uncultured, I have a debt to discharge.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more.
2 Corinthians 4:5
It is not myself that I proclaim, but Christ Jesus as Master, and myself that I proclaim, and myself your slave for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:5
For I reckon that I am in no respect behind your superapostolic apostles.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.
2 Corinthians 12:15
For my part, I will most gladly spend, yea, and will myself be spent, for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved the less?