Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
A Conservative Version
Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
American Standard Version
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Even so, the Son of man did not come to be served [by others] but to be the servant [of others], and to sacrifice His life as a ransom price to purchase many people [i.e., back from Satan]."
Anderson New Testament
even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Bible in Basic English
Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
Common New Testament
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Daniel Mace New Testament
as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.
Darby Translation
as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Godbey New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.
Goodspeed New Testament
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."
John Wesley New Testament
but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Julia Smith Translation
As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.
King James 2000
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Lexham Expanded Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."
Modern King James verseion
even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and to give his life for the redemption of many."
Moffatt New Testament
just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Montgomery New Testament
"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."
NET Bible
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
New Heart English Bible
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Noyes New Testament
even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Sawyer New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
The Emphasized Bible
Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Webster
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Weymouth New Testament
just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."
Williams New Testament
just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."
World English Bible
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Worrell New Testament
even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His soul a ransom for many."
Worsley New Testament
as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
Themes
Atonement » Made by jesus » Redemption by
Christ » Appearing to his disciples other references to cures by » Mission of
The death of Christ » Acceptable, as a sacrifice to God
Christ, our example » Conformity to, required in » Ministering to others
Humility » They who have » Are greatest in Christ's kingdom
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Becoming a servant
Servants » Christ condescended to the office of
religious Work » Helpful various forms of, to which men are called » Christ's example of
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 20:28
Prayers for Matthew 20:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request By The Mother Of James And John
27 and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant; 28 even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.' 29 And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude,
Cross References
Hebrews 9:28
so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him -- to salvation!
2 Corinthians 8:9
for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
1 Timothy 2:6
who did give himself a ransom for all -- the testimony in its own times --
Titus 2:14
who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;
Matthew 26:28
for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out -- to remission of sins;
Luke 22:27
for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.
John 10:15
according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
1 Peter 1:18-19
having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,
Job 33:24
Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'
Psalm 49:7
A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
Isaiah 53:5
And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace is on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.
Isaiah 53:8
By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
Isaiah 53:10-11
And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.
Daniel 9:24-26
'Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.
Matthew 8:20
and Jesus saith to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'
Mark 14:24
and he said to them, 'This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;
John 11:50-52
nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.'
John 13:4-17
doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;
Romans 3:24-26
being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Romans 4:25
who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
Romans 5:15-19
But, not as the offence so also is the free gift; for if by the offence of the one the many did die, much more did the grace of God, and the free gift in grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many;
Galatians 3:13
Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'
Ephesians 1:7
in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
Philippians 2:4-8
each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was becoming to Him, because of whom are the all things, and through whom are the all things, many sons to glory bringing, the author of their salvation through sufferings to make perfect,
Hebrews 5:8
through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered -- the obedience,
1 Peter 2:24
who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,
1 Peter 3:18
because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,
1 John 2:2
and he -- he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,
Revelation 5:8-9
And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints,